Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan kakar 1974, an bayyana tauraron Catfish Hunter a matsayin mai kyauta saboda biyan kuɗin inshora. Yankees sun sanya hannu a kan shi zuwa $ 3.75 miliyan, kwangila na shekaru hudu. Ya kasance farkon falsafar ikon mallakar dogon lokaci na amfani da hukumar kyauta don samun baiwa; Stout ya rubuta cewa su "su ne ƙungiyar farko da ta fahimci abin da hukumar kyauta ke nufi", kamar yadda ya ba da fa'ida a kan abokan hamayya masu ƙarancin kuɗi da kuma samar da sha'awar magoya baya da kafofin watsa labarai. Hunter ya sami nasara 23 a lokacin Yankees na 1975, amma ƙungiyar ba ta yi takara don wasan kwaikwayo ba bayan Yuli. New York ta kori manajan Bill Virdon a watan Agusta kuma ta ɗauki Billy Martin a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Tare da Martin a matsayin mai mulki, Yankees sun dawo zuwa postseason a farkon kakar su a cikin Yankee Stadium da aka gyara, inda suka lashe lambar AL East ta 1976 ta hanyar wasan wasan Orioles. Munson an kira shi AL MVP, tare da matsakaicin batting.302 da jimlar 105 RBIs wanda shine na biyu mafi kyau a cikin AL. Gasar Zakarun Amurka ta 1976
(ALCS) tsakanin Yankees da Kansas City Royals sun tafi wasa na biyar, wanda New York ta ci nasara a kan gidan gida na Chambliss. Yankees ba su ci nasara ba game da Cincinnati Reds a 1976 World Series.