american league east

The experts at Baseball Reference have published their 2024 season predictions, and New York Yankees' fans feel disrespected by them.

When a Major League Baseball general manager fires a support coach, managers get a little nervous. When that specific general manager has never done that before, in his career, and does it, well nervous is most definitely an understatement.

It’s taken half the season but Anthony Volpe is finally starting to figure it out. The rookie shortstop of the New York Yankees looks much better at the plate.

The is little doubt that Aaron Judge is the New York Yankees most valuable player. As actor/comedian Bill Murray described himself to his army troop in the movie "Stripes", Judge is the Yankees' big toe.

The New York Yankees are once again faced with a Spring Training full of questions. The hot-topic: did general manager Brian Cashman do enough to fortify the Bronx Bombers to get by the World Champion Houston Astros.

Unless there is an epic collapse, the New York Yankees will run away with American Leagues Eastern Division in the second half of the season.

I can't wait for this series as any time these two teams play it is always really fun to watch. We will see who comes out on top or if it ends in a split.

Now let’s take this series in perspective. The Yankees have played 77 games. More than half of the season is left. Yes they have lost all 6 games to the Red Sox but they play them 8 more times in July, 2 more in August and a final 3 in late September. There is time.

Now that the Yankees have won two in Toronto with a Sunday matinee looming, there still has to be concerns with how solid the Blue Jays have become within the last two weeks.

It never comes down to one guy in team sports (basketball sometimes), but when a major RBI man in a baseball lineup has big game after big game down the stretch of a season, it rubs off on everyone else and the team is overall is a much better place in terms of making the postseason.  If the Yankees are to make the playoffs, they need Robinson Cano to produce.  Plain and simple.

The fact that the Yankees find themselves only 2.5 games out of the final wildcard spot is a tribute to Manager Joe Girardi's ability to maneuver a bullpen and  starting pitching that has been consistent if not special. However as they try and plug holes in their lineup, the Yankees starting pitching is showing signs of not holding up...

The Red Sox certainly have postseason ingredients on their baseball team and are a great first inning offense.  The bullpen is a question mark moving forward as is the back-end of the pitching rotation.  Can they hang-on and win the AL East...