Two days of baseball against the Nationals and two smooth wins. The Yanks will try to get to three in a row this afternoon against Cade Cavalli. It’s not really going to impress anyone to sweep a cellar-dweller like the 2025 Nats, but if you take care of business, it’s absolutely appreciated (even the 1998 Yankees lost a game to the expansion Devil Rays because you can’t predict baseball, Suzyn). Still, the Yanks need to be sweeping like this one at this point in the season. They dug themselves a bit of a hole in the AL East and if they’re going to remain bumpy against other contenders, then they need to steamroll teams like the Nats (and the White Sox, who they’ll face next). They have one of MLB’s lighter schedules down the stretch, so they must take advantage.

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