HOUSTON – The Yankees took care of business against some of the worst Major League Baseball has to offer the last three weeks.

But a significant schedule upgrade beckoned.

Tuesday night against the Astros, an organizational menace the last decade, especially in the postseason, marked the start of four straight series against teams that would make the American League playoffs as of now – the Blue Jays, Tigers and Red Sox to follow.

“That’s what we want,” Aaron Judge said Sunday in Chicago after the Yankees had taken three of four from the lowly White Sox. “It’s coming down to the wire, we want to play the best teams… See what we’re made of, go out there and keep playing our ball and see what happens. But I like our chances. Especially the way the boys have been swinging it and the way ou

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