I can not remember the Yanks ever being in the situation they are in now. They have some really old players and NOTHING down on the farm. I recently read an article that said they had the worst farm system in all of baseball.
Sure you can go buy all the great players you want but you need to be able to develop some guy in your own system, that is where Jeter, Bernie, Posada, and guys like that came from.
It will be interesting to see how far out they can drop and what drastic moves the boss makes.
Bloggers talk about the Yanks and a horrible start