![]() ![]() The race for the 1-seed? That’s now a 1/2-game lead, and I expect the Astros to overtake the Yankees for the 1-seed later this week. ![]() That 12-game lead on June 19 is now in single digits, but still strong at 9 1/2 games. Fortunately, the rest of the AL East has failed to take advantage of the Yankees pissing away 27 percent of their season. Against teams not from Kansas City, those records fall to 6-15 and 3-10.Ģ. The Yankees are 9-16 in their last 25 games and 6-11 since the All-Star break. Louis (blowing leads in two of the three games, while getting shut out in the other). 477 baseball over more than a quarter of the season, they have lost five of seven to the Astros (never leading once in the seven games), split a series with the Pirates (who are on pace for 96 losses), blew three late leads to the last-place Red Sox, lost a home series to the last-place Reds, got swept in the first half of the Subway Series, lost a home series to Mariners (allowing 17 runs to their anemic offense) and were just swept in St. Since June 19, the Yankees have gone 21-23. But that Sunday night on June 19, the Yankees blew a five-run lead, lost 10-9 and haven’t been the same team since. The Yankees had clinched the division title with three-and-a-half months left in the season and were on their way to ensuring Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 of a potential ALCS matchup against the Astros would be played at the Yankee Stadium. As important, their lead for the 1-seed in the American League was nine games. They had just shut out the Blue Jays the night before and their division lead was at an unbelievable 12 games through 40 percent of the season. On the morning of June 19, the Yankees were 49-16. The Yankees blew leads in two of the games and were shut out in the other started by former Yankee Jordan Montgomery, and everything about his team of late feels a lot like last year.ġ. ![]()
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