What if I told you the Yankees, without Gerrit Cole and DJ LeMahieu, and with Aaron Judge batting just .178, Gleyber Torres .192 and Alex Verdugo .200, would begin the season 10-3? Even the greediest of Yankees fans would have signed up for that kind of start by the time the team broke camp in Tampa two and a half weeks ago. The Yankees are by no means firing on all cylinders in the early going, yet James Wood Jersey they have won each of their first four series by leaning on a few hot bats, a renewed offensive approach to grind out every at-bat, some encouraging starting pitching and a strong bullpen despite only two arms being left from last years relief corps. You cant take em [wins] off the board and they matter now as much as any time, manager Aaron Boone said this week. I would say its early. It is, and theres a long way to go. But any time you can play a stretch of games like this, you sure sign up for that and you take it. More than anything wins, lo ses, whatever at this point in the season, Im just pleased with how the group is competing and how theyve come together, their purpose. We gotta keep that same focus going. Blake Rutherford Jersey