I'm talking about much-longer term, LS, NY has been in the playoffs every year but one since 1996. It's not an excuse, I've given them a hard time about this in the past, but don't tell me there's any skill involved in developing David Price, a #1 overall pick . Also NY drafted Gerrit Cole but couldn't get him to sign, unfortunately.
But yeah, NY is a disaster of an organization in pretty much every way currently, and the recent CBA will make it even harder for them to dig out. I certainly wasn't defending them, they've been running on fumes in some ways for close to a decade now and it's no surprise it looks like it's finally at an end.
I'm not sure I fully agree, although I'm 90% of he way there. It needs to be noted that part of the reason the Yankees develop such good relief pitching is because they draft high upside high risk pitchers in the draft. They've been doing it for years and haven't had any luck with the injuries of their young pitchers. Joba, Hughes, Betances, Banuelos, Brackman...The list goes on. All of these guys were top prospects at one point or another.
I think they've done a good job drafting guys who can make an impact but a bad job protecting their arms.