NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole has been mostly invisible this season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, but he nevertheless has a Yoda-like wisdom about the Yankees in October.

Brace yourself. On the scale of one-to-Joe Namath in the 1969 Super Bowl, Cole came close.

“I think this team can win the World Series,” he said

There was similar talk throughout the clubhouse on Sunday. The Yankees finished off a sweep of the Orioles, boosting a confidence that has already been impenetrable for two weeks.

Ok, two of the American League’s worst teams, the O’s and the White Sox, played the role of the Washington Generals. This was calisthenics for the Yankees. And it’s not like the surge netted them a division title.

Still, the Yankees are heading into the Wild Card Series believing they’ve

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