Nestor Cortes Jr. had a miserable start agaist his former team and fans have created memes to troll the pitcher.

But if the Yankees need encouragement about surviving this level of starting pitching loss to still win the ultimate prize, they need only look to the World Series lost less than five months ago.

“How we living in a world where the everyday LF and 1B for the New York Yankees World Series team don’t have jobs after the first MLB game of the season,” Hosmer wrote. “Not even an offer ...