NEW YORK – As the Baltimore Orioles’ injury situation caught up to them, the Yankees rallied – opening a six-game AL East lead entering Tuesday night, with six games remaining.
The playoff tournament begins next week, and these Yankees are the clear favorites to advance to the World Series out of a flawed American League field, where the wild card race gets wilder by the day.
Here are the Yankees, with an inside lane to their first pennant since 2009, even with those wicked Houston Astros looming as a potential October opponent…