Aaron Boone inexplicably played Joey Gallo on Thursday night, and Gallo went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts. The worst everyday player in Major League Baseball can’t play in another game for the Yankees.

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The Yankees traded for Andrew Benintendi late on Wednesday night, and it was a solid move. But it can’t be the only move. The Yankees need a lot of help if they want to win the World Series, and they need to acquire that help by Tuesday afternoon.

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The two most important games of the second half for the Yankees came in a doubleheader on Thursday in Houston, and they lost both games. With the 0-2 day, the Yankees’ lead in the loss column over the Astros for the best record and 1-seed in the American League is now at just two games.

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The Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-5 on Thursday in the first game between the rivals in three months. The Yankees had a supposed enormous advantage on the mound with Gerrit Cole, but the Yankees’ “ace” allowed five runs, all on two Rafael Devers home runs. The two teams could very well meet in the ALDS or ALCS, and with Cole’s issues against the Red Sox, how can he be trusted against them in October?

The Yankees won the first game of their three-game series against the A’s on Tuesday 9-5, and even though they are not playing the Astros, I can’t stop thinking about that. That’s how important and telling the series over the weekend was.

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