Yankees legends Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez deliver blunt post-mortem on team: 'Something has to change'

The New York Yankees have tied their longest World Series drought since 1923.

It will now be 17 consecutive seasons without the Commissioner's Trophy in the Bronx after getting swept in the American League Division Series by their AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays .

The Yankees managed to squeak out just five runs in the three-game set and hit just .130 in the series.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Last year, the Yankees were able to salvage one win in the DS, but it didn't stop Alex Rodriguez from calling last year's roster construction "one of the worst" he had ever seen.

Well, the Yankees ran back largely the same exact team and got a nearly identical result, leaving Rodriguez and Derek Jeter in shambles.

"Something has to change.

I'm not talking about personnel, but I'm talking about a philosophy.

There has to be a philosophy change," Rodriguez said on FOX late Wednesday night.

"You've won 27 titles one way.

I'm not saying anyone should lose their job, but [general manager Brian] Cashman has surrounded himself with people that know baseball, that understand baseball, that can value both sides of the ball - it's unthinkable when your season is on the line, and of the nine positions, you don't know who's going to play five positions...

"If something doesn't change, you're going to have the same results, and you've been watching the same movie for over a decade, and nothing changes.

It's getting late." Jeter admitted he didn't exactly have a plan for the Yankees but made it clear that today's Yankees are a far cry from yesteryear.

WOULD ANTHONY VOLPE'S FAN-INTERFERED FLY BALL HAVE BEEN A HOME RUN? HERE'S WHAT MLB AND STATCAST HAVE TO SAY "We were teams that focused on all the little things.

We would beat you with the home run, but we'd also beat you 2-1.