If we're going to call him The Roman Empire earnestly, then he's going to have to solve the high-profile Yankees offseason acquisition with the 5.00 ERA who's been booted from the closer role twice. Sorry. I don't make the rules.
To say the Yankees desperately needed a win on Sunday night to salvage their four-game series with the Red Sox is such a massive understatement that I'm surprised Aaron Boone didn't make it trying to minimize an Anthony Volpe error. The Yankees were trying to avoid their first four-plus-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox in the Bronx since 1939 (86 years, pretty big number in Boston history).