The 2019 Yankees will be remembered as a squad that was resilient and focused in the face of adversity that refused to let them out of its injurious maw from spring training right up until the final day of the regular season. Powered to 103 wins by depth and skillful managing, the Yankees learned throughout the season a lesson that will serve them well as they prepare to head into another October gauntlet.



But for as valuable as their experience with adversity was this season, to get to where they want to be — a podium with a trophy hoisted over their heads — they will have to harness another virtue they have talked about over the course of the season: hunger.



It’s a phrase manager Aaron Boone has used frequently this year.



“This is a hungry team,’’ he said in spring training. “You sense that in being around them, and I feel they’re in a really good place.’’



As the season rolled on, and the...