At time of writing, the Yankees can still feasibly win the AL East. If that happens, this column becomes meaningless and the path to successfully defending the AL pennant gets a little easier. However, the math is what the math is, and FanGraphs gives New York just a 13 percent chance of capturing the division with six games left. Therefore, we need to prepare for the more likely possibility that the club will have to win a best-of-three Wild Card Series.

They will almost certainly host all three potential games, so the big question is who they welcome to the Bronx. The annual AL Central Rock Fight might end up in MLB’s history books, as the Cleveland Guardians have gone from 15.5 games back to just one behind the once seemingly invulnerable Detroit Tigers. It’s been a bit of a reversal f

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