Quick Perspectives: The No Energy Yankees

By Paul Semendinger

December 26, 2025

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Seinfeld was a show about nothing.

The 2025-26 Yankees off-season is an off-season about nothing.

As much as some may wish to deny the obvious facts, the energy and excitement coming out out the Yankees is zero. There is nothing. At all. The Yankees right now are as boring as boring can be.

Writers can only write about nothing for so long.

I already stated that I'm bored of the trade speculation, the free agent hopes, and the like. I'd love the Yankees to get Bo Bichette, for example, but I don't see it happening, so I can't write about it. I'd love to see the Yankees trade for a top pitcher, but I don't see it happening, so I won't write ideas about what I hope happens but isn't very likely.

Each year I ask my writers to send me a photo of a baseball or Yankees related holiday gift they received.

I received two photos this year.

Take a moment to consider that for a moment. People are turning to other things.

Even worse, neither of those gifts were Yankees specific. One was a sign with baseball lessons for life. The other was a baseball crossword puzzle book. I didn't buy Ethan any Yankees items. He didn't buy me any. (Ironically, he did buy my wife and I tickets to see...

Jerry Seinfeld.)

The families of the biggest Yankees fans aren't buying Yankees stuff for their loved ones (at least in this small sample size). As far as SSTN goes, that's never happened before.

I never left any open time slots for our articles until yesterday and today. But the Yankees have given us nothing to write. This year I decided to not make the time during the holidays to write about the team that is doing nothing.

This is the energy the Yankees exude. That is just a fact. And it's a shame.

Andy's mailbag will post at 10:00 a.m. today, or thereabouts, as always, today. I might get a 2:00 article posted. Maybe. We'll see.

Bottom line - by and large, the Yankees haven't given us anything to write about.

That's on them. Not us.

Hopefully that changes soon.