By Golly, that's a stupid thing to say.

"Though looking back, the premise for the original A-Rod comment, about how the Yankees would be better off without him, still stands: They don’t miss the constant nonsense that accompanies him and will continue to well into the next decade. Though the Yankees haven’t thrived without him, their offense hasn’t exactly suffered. Their .854 OPS ranks fourth in baseball, aided, certainly, by their juiced stadium. But still."

The Yankee offense has suffered greatly without ARod.

Because ARod's replacements have OPSes of .421, .333, and .546.

That was easy.