With seven weeks left in the 2025 MLB regular season, the New York Yankees are clinging to playoff hopes while slumping through one of their worst stretches of the year. After starting August 60-49 and riding a three-game win streak, New York has gone 2-7, dropping three straight series and seven of its last nine games. Sunday’s 7-1 loss to the Houston Astros left them 62-56, just a half-game ahead of the Cleveland Guardians for the final AL Wild Card spot.

Aaron Judge , sidelined for two weeks earlier with a flexor strain in his throwing arm and now limited to DH duties, is still producing at an MVP level, slashing .337/.446/.691 with 37 home runs and 86 RBI in 108 games. He offered a blunt postgame assessment after Sunday’s loss.

“Yeah, it's tough, but there's no excuses,” said

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