NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees are in the home stretch of their strange and possibly surprising 2016 season, a season that might very well end up with them playing at least one game of postseason baseball despite holding a fire sale at the trade deadline.
Even though it did not move them any closer to the second AL wild-card spot -- the Baltimore Orioles, the team they are chasing, won too -- their 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays was vital because, well, virtually every game is from here on out.