The Yankees bounced back admirably from Thursday night’s nightmare. Blowing out Cleveland doesn’t erase the disgrace that was the finale in Baltimore, but it does at least wash the taste out of the mouth, and more importantly, push the Yankees back into a playoff spot. The Blue Jays lost to the Twins yesterday, allowing the Yankees to grab the second Wild Card spot again.
We’ve got a matinee today, one that features an interesting pitching matchup between Aaron Civale and Luis Gil. On the site, Josh discusses MLB’s Wild Card playoff structure, Peter analyzes some promising signs from Joey Gallo’s bat, Kevin ruminates on how the Yankees’ failures against the Orioles could be what costs them a playoff spot, Andres profiles the twin breakouts of Anthony Volpe and Oswald Peraza, and Emma takes a look at odd ejections in MLB history, spurred of course by the ejection of the grounds crew Wednesday night in Baltimore.