The Yankees kicked off their playoff push with back-to-back solid results, taking series against the Astros and Blue Jays. Coming off of the ending of their last meeting with the Red Sox, the Yanks are on an 11-3 run that has them sitting just below the edge of Toronto’s spot atop the AL East and just above Boston for the top Wild Card spot. Now they face the back-half of this stretch against the competition, seeing the Tigers and Sox one last time before their fate is decided by a combination of their effort and others.

For all the struggles that this Yankees team has gone through, they’re right where they want to be in terms of competing for postseason standing. Everything is still on the table, and they’re playing the best baseball that they’ve displayed since the beginning of the year

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