The Yankees proved they don’t care about winning when they announced Aaron Boone’s new contract, so now I have to decide if I want to care about the Yankees anymore.
The Yankees proved they don’t care about winning when they announced Aaron Boone’s new contract, so now I have to decide if I want to care about the Yankees anymore.
The Yankees are close to clinching a wild-card berth. Winning the one-game playoff is a whole other story.
When the Yankees began their most recent nine-game stretch against the Rangers, Red Sox and Blue Jays, their postseason odds were slim and it looked like the disappointing 2021 season would end with the biggest disappointment of all: no postseason. But after an 8-1 run against those three teams, the Yankees are only close to clinching a wild-card berth and home-field advantage for the one-game playoff. Winning the one-game playoff is a whole other story.
Given the importance of this series, Friday’s win over the Red Sox was easily the Yankees’ best of the season.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox on 8-3 on Friday night, and it was the team’s best win of the season. DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a single in a seven-pitch, and the rest of the offense followed his lead, scoring three runs in the first and adding four more in the third. A 7-0 lead with Gerrit Cole on the mound is about as well as the Yankees can ever be set up in a game and they were able to coast to a win for the first time in a long time. Given the importance of this series and its impact on the standings and postseason, Friday’s game was easily the Yankees’ best win of the season.
Despite there only being 22 games left in the season, it doesn’t seem like Aaron Boone is trying to win.
The Yankee are tied in the loss column with the Blue Jays for the final playoff spot in the American League. The Yankees have lost nine of their last 11 games and six in a row, losing seven games of ground on the Blue Jays in the last 10. Despite this and despite there only being 22 games left in the season, it doesn’t seem like Aaron Boone is trying to win.