A day after battling Alek Manoah, a candidate for this year’s American League Cy Young Award, and fending off a four-game sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees will not get a reprieve. Looming on Monday and Tuesday is a two-game series against the Mets and the possibility of facing the two-headed monster atop their crosstown rival’s starting rotation.
First up is Max Scherzer, who is scheduled to start Monday night at Yankee Stadium. Jacob deGrom had been expected to follow, keeping up their recent string of back-to-back starts, but he could end up being pushed back — giving the slumping Yankees a mild reprieve — so the Mets can give Taijuan Walker a start instead.