A season that began with both New York baseball teams having the loftiest of aspirations has devolved into a strong chance either or both will end up in last place in their divisions.

That dual level of ineptitude for the Yankees and the Mets never has happened since the latter’s inception in 1962, neither under the league-wide standings nor since MLB shifted to divisional play in 1969.

Much of that, of course, is reflective of the Yankees only finishing “last” twice over that 61-year span. They were 10th out of 10 American League teams in 1966 and seventh out of seven AL East teams in 1990.

The basement is where the Yankees reside, however, following Sunday’s ninth-inning collapse in Miami, and they are 2.5 games behind the fourth-place Red Sox after Monday’s 11-3 beatdown from baseball’s best team, the Braves, in Atlanta.