One and done: Yankees 2015 final report card

ByANDREW MARCHAND AND WALLACE MATTHEWS
October 7, 2015, 12:57 PM

— -- With their wild-card loss to the Houston Astros on Tuesday, the New York Yankees completed the shortest postseason in franchise history. So how did the individual players fare in 2015? Here are Andrew Marchand and Wallace Matthews' final grades for the Bronx Bombers.

MANAGEMENT

Owner Hal Steinbrenner

Hal deserves an A for A-Rod. It may have been because he didn't want to just pay off Alex Rodriguez, but Steinbrenner was the voice that said A-Rod stays. Rodriguez proved to be the likely difference between making the playoffs and not. Plus, for all the frugal talk, the Yankees had the second-highest payroll in the majors.