Capitalize on Cohesion in the Bronx
“That’s one thing the past couple years we struggled at is kind of finishing out series, and sweeping series, so we just try to make it a point. Pregame today we talked about it just ‘hey we got to close out a series’ and that’s what’s going to make the difference between winning our division or end up tied and losing it.” Those were comments made by Yankee Captain Aaron Judge postgame on Saturday about the opening series sweep of the San Francisco Giants. The Yankees in 2025 swept 13 series overall but had three other opportunities to sweep a series and they dropped the final game of the series. They also had a chance against the Rays in the middle of April to sweep a four-game set in Tampa and lost on a walk-off in the 10 th innings. And perhaps the game that should really haunt the Yankees, the loss in the series opener against the Colorado Rockies in Colorado at the end of May. A game in which if they won, the tiebreaker against Toronto is null and void and the Yankees win t...
