The Yankees have gone 11-5 in their last 16 games and suddenly, these games are becoming increasingly important. Both the Red Sox and Blue Jays — the two wildcard teams at the moment — lost earlier today, so a win tonight would bring New York to within three games of the second wildcard spot. They have a ton of games left with Boston and Toronto too, you know. This team, man.
Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves just yet. The Yankees have won the first two games of this series with the Astros and they’ll have their ace on the mound going for the sweep tonight.