Where to begin? Where to end? The 2025 New York Yankees earned a new lease on life at the trade deadline on Thursday, July 31. By August 1, that lease on life feels as if it has expired. You may call this a dramatic interpretation. I don't believe it is arguable.
One by one, they took the mound in Miami. Jake Bird, the project with the nasty breaker. David Bednar, the closer riding a scoreless streak. Camilo Doval, the temperamental cutter artist with the 102 MPH heat. After Carlos Rodón and Jonathan Loaisiga combined to allow four runs in the fifth inning to cut a 6-0 lead to 6-4, each and every one of them was entrusted with a simple mission: be yourselves.