The Yankees were feeling good about themselves this time last week. They had just taken the series against the Rangers, coming off an afternoon where they came back in the middle innings with some timely hitting to win it. Despite such a feel-good win, the Brewers then swept them at home. They followed that series up by losing two out of three against the Orioles, who they had swept at home in a four-game set the week before. In the early goings of 2026, it's been a season where the Yankees have either been scorching hot, punishing pitchers while blunting offenses with their own, or they go on mini-slides. Right now, the Yankees are in the middle of one of those mini-slides, and if there is one thing they need to do to get back to those winning ways, it's to beat up on a Mets team that, by all accounts, they are better than heading into this weekend's Subway Series . Then again, this was a similar place the Yankees found themselves against the Orioles.…