Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin 1996 ya ga Yunƙurin Yankees guda uku waɗanda suka zama ainihin ƙungiyar don shekaru masu zuwa: rookie shortstop Derek Jeter, shekara ta biyu mai farawa Andy Pettitte, da kuma shekara ta biyu mai jefa Mariano Rivera, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai saitawa a 1996 kafin ya zama mafi kusa a 1997. Tare da taimakon wadannan matasan 'yan wasa, Yankees sun lashe gasar AL East ta farko a cikin shekaru 15. Sun doke Texas Rangers a gasar ALDS, kuma a
ALCS ta doke Baltimore Orioles 4<unk>1, wanda ya haɗa da tsangwama mai ban sha'awa daga Jeffrey Maier wanda aka kira shi a matsayin gida don Yankees. A cikin Wasannin Duniya ƙungiyar ta dawo daga raunin jerin 0<unk>2 kuma ta kayar da mai kare Atlanta Braves, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen ƙarancin shekaru 18. An zabi Jeter a matsayin Rookie na Shekara. A 1997, Yankees sun rasa 1997 ALDS zuwa Cleveland Indians 3 <unk> 2. Babban manajan Bob Watson ya yi murabus kuma an maye gurbinsa da mataimakin babban manajan Brian Cashman.