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Evan & Tiki

98 Yankees Talk Already?! Breaking Down the Early Season Overreaction

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It didn’t take long for the Yankees hype train to reach full speed, but comparing this team to one of the greatest ever might be going too far. A hot start has people buzzing, but the question becomes how much of it is real and how much is classic early season overreaction. Evan and Tiki debate whether it’s fair to even mention the 1998 Yankees this early, what signs actually matter through a handful of games, and how dominant pitching is fueling the excitement. They also push back on where the conversation should realistically be, focusing on what this team has proven so far versus what still needs to be seen before making historic comparisons.

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0:00.0

The Mets got shut out by the Cardinals, but Kodi Sangal looked great. And the Yankees joined the 1943 Cardinals as the only teams in modern history to give up three or fewer runs in their first five games as they beat the Mariners five to nothing. And shades of the 98 Yankees are starting. Wow! You go shades of the 98 Yankees! I know we're going to have a bigger talk about this, and I know it's five games. We can at least all admit, as crazy as it sounds, the signs are at least there early for the Shanky team. For what? Being the 98 Yankees? Is that what you said? Yeah. Just being elite. They're elite. Their pitching is dominant. The hitting is timely. I know they had a rough night. Stanton is unconscious.

0:38.5

Why don't we go with like 65 Dodgers? Can we do 65 Dodgers? I'm trying to modernize it a little bit. Oh, I don't even know what the 65 Dodgers did. Oh, because they had great pitching. They had great pitching. In 1965. Yeah. Sandy Kofax, Don Dr. My mom was 12.

0:54.4

What are we talking about?

0:55.6

All right, let me ask you this.

0:56.4

If I was 98 years, Andy Kofax, Don Dr. Osdale. My mom was 12.

0:56.3

What are we talking about? All right, let me ask you this.

1:09.5

If I was 98 Yankees, you should not touch. Like, that's one of those things. Why? Because they're the greatest team of all time. Okay. And I'm telling you, I'm trying to explain. Let's see one more. Can't touch the greatest team of all time. Let's see one more Cam Schlittler start. Okay. Let's see.

1:12.0

A follow-up, Will Warren start.

1:13.8

And then we'll have the conversation.

1:27.5

No, no, but I think the conversation should be like great staffs. You even said that the other day. Your over-exaggeration was, hey, the Yankees may have the best pitching in baseball, which is fair. So why don't we just say, hey, they got a chance to have one of the like the great pitching seasons of all times. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1:29.5

He's saying the 98 Yankees. Hold on.

1:29.9

They're the greatest team ever.

1:31.4

I didn't say they will be.

1:32.7

I said at least the signs early are they.

1:35.2

Kenny, this could all fall apart.

1:36.4

They're signs.

1:37.2

And I just wanted to, we get to July and everybody goes, wow, how greats this team going. going, remember I said it here. He's not hyperbolic. We also have the turning point.

1:44.5

He's hyperventilating over here.

1:46.3

What was that?

1:46.7

He's hyperventilating over here, getting over-excited. He is. We will guess the Yankee turning point in a few minutes, but let's get to some of your Nick calls. We'll also hear from Carmelo Anthony and Tracy McGready. They're harsh criticisms of the Knicks as well. 888808-108-101-19.

1:59.0

Let's lead it off with Anthony on Long Island.

2:00.9

Hey, Anthony.

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