Yankees World Series champion says he'd be 'very surprised' if team misses postseason despite struggles

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Before the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals on the road over the weekend, five-time World Series champion and current YES Yankees analyst David Cone believed the team had all the right pieces in place to make a run toward the postseason. 

The Yankees were in the middle of their slump with a tight American League postseason race swirling around them at the time. Some Yankees fans were nervous the reigning American League champions wouldn’t make it to the postseason altogether, and of course, that is still a possibility. 

But Cone couldn’t be more optimistic about this group despite their midseason woes. 

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David Cone smiles after throwing the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in New York, New York.  (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"I’d be very surprised if they don’t make the postseason," Cone told Fox News Digital over the phone.

"I believe that they finally have all the pieces in the right place right now. They kinda went, for the majority of the season, without a third baseman. They’ve solved that problem and Jazz [Chisholm Jr. is] back at second base. [Giancarlo] Stanton can play right field, they got their bullpen revamped with [David] Bednar in the back-end right now. It looks like, at least, they got all the holes plugged and they can move forward from here instead of being weak in one certain