The final regular season matchup between the Yankees and Blue Jays in 2025 threatened to be another episode of the horrors that matchup has produced for the New York side. But the second shoe didn’t drop today. Max Fried overcame some early turbulence to pitch seven strong innings against the division rivals, and a first-inning home run from Ben Rice gave him margin for error. Cody Bellinger’s go-ahead RBI double in the third proved the difference in a gritty win at the Stadium.

I really like the look of Rice in the cleanup spot. The Yankees set the table for him quickly in the first with a walk and a single, and Rice entered a long battle with Max Scherzer. At one point he yanked a deep ball foul down the right-field line, but stayed in the saddle. On the 10th pitch of the at bat, he dro

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