<P> After the 2017 All - Star break, the Yankees made a series of moves to acquire third baseman Todd Frazier, former Yankee reliever David Robertson, reliever Tommy Kahnle, starter Sonny Gray, and starter Jaime Garcia . In the 2017 AL Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 8--4 to move on the ALDS; this was the Yankees' first playoff win since 2012 . In the ALDS, the Yankees lost the first two games to the Cleveland Indians before winning the final three games and taking the series . They played the Houston Astros in the 2017 American League Championship Series and lost the series in seven games . </P> <P> In the 2017 off - season, the Yankees hired Aaron Boone to succeed Joe Girardi, as their new manager on December 4, 2017 . On December 11, 2017, the Yankees traded Starlin Castro and prospects Jorge Guzman and Jose Devers to the Miami Marlins for reigning National League Most Valuable Player Giancarlo Stanton . A right fielder who bats right - handed, Stanton hit 59 home runs and drove in 132 runs--both major league highs--in 2017; his contract is the largest player contract in the history of professional sports in North America . On December 12, the Yankees traded third baseman Chase Headley and right - handed pitcher Bryan Mitchell to the San Diego Padres for outfielder Jabari Blash; following the move, Yankees GM Brian Cashman stated that the trade "create (d) payroll flexibility". </P> <P> The Yankees have won a record 27 World Series in 40 appearances (which, since the first World Series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.7 seasons and a championship every 4.0 seasons); the St. Louis Cardinals are second with 11 World Series victories . The Yankees' number of World Series losses, 13, leads Major League Baseball . The St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers and New York / San Francisco Giants are second in total World Series appearances with eighteen apiece . Of their 18 World Series appearances, the Dodgers have faced the Yankees eleven times, going 3--8, while the Giants have faced the Yankees seven times, going 2--5 . Among North American major sports, the Yankees' success is approached only by the 24 Stanley Cup championships of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . The Yankees have played in the World Series against every National League pennant winner except the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies . </P> <P> Through 2014, the Yankees have an all - time regular season winning percentage of . 567 (a 10,031--7,648 record), the best of any team in baseball . </P>

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