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Recently on the social-media site now called X — it’s so nasty they changed the name — someone asked this unhappy question: Which team has had the worst offseason?

The vote was basically split down the middle between our two local teams, and all I can figure is that Yankees fans carry outsized expectations.

Fairly — and I’m not sure any of this is completely fair since we’re only halfway into the offseason — the Mets are having the more concerning winter.

The 94-win Yankees are down Cody Bellinger (and they’re working to bring him back) plus a portion of their pretty terrible 2025 bullpen.