All American League teams were off on Monday night, so the final stretch of the 2025 MLB regular season truly begins tonight. Tuesday offers up a full slate of games, and the majority carry postseason implications. That includes the Yankees, who begin a series against the White Sox that will last from Tuesday to Thursday. As Estevão detailed yesterday, an outside chance at swiping both the AL East and a first-round bye from the Blue Jays is still in play if the Yankees are nearly perfect on their final homestand and get a little help from Toronto’s opponents.
First, however, the Yanks need to fully nail down their playoff spot as at least a Wild Card. They entered play on Tuesday with a four-game lead on the third Wild Card with six left to play, so while “magic number” can be tricky, the