The not chasing wins part refers to games when you're behind, though.
Cora manages his pitching staff pretty much the way every other manager does now. The pitch counts are indeed pretty rigid.
Most ironic part of this weekend: the offense which had been struggling to score runs in the first inning put up a 6 spot and a 4 spot, all for naught.
Let's keep in mind the Yankees, with by far the largest revenues in the game, have only won one title since 2000 and have not won the division since 2012.
OTOH Cashman's big additions to the rotation, Paxton and Happ, have largely been busts-outweighed, obviously, by the other good things that have happened.
They would have to fall a long way out of the WC to become sellers IMO. This is the Boston Red Sox, the team with the highest payroll and highest ticket prices, and this wasn't supposed to be a punted season.
So 7 years, and 14 wild card game winners advancing, and 2 of them have made it to the Series. That's a 14.3% success rate compared to a average success rate of 25%.
The sample is still too small to be conclusive.