00:00The Yankees dismantled the Orioles and really stuck it to their playoff shot, I thought,
00:05this week as they swept them Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Did a decent job against the
00:10Toronto Blue Jays. As we mentioned, some injuries with the Yankees. The Yankees are also in that
00:14position, again, jockeying, hoping the Rays fall down a little bit. If not, the Yankees will be
00:19very content with their wildcard spot. You know, the Yankees are in a better spot, Tom, simply put,
00:25because the American League is just so awful this year. If this was a national league, New York
00:29would be a little nervous. Hey, could we get caught? You know, I'm not saying that they're
00:33going to take it easy, but they feel very secure to me to get a spot somewhere.
00:39Right. This has been a crazy week, really, across the AL East, where the Yankees, first off,
00:47we have to go back to the end of last week, where the Orioles swept the Rays, right? And now
00:52we have
00:53a spot where the Yankees are sweeping the Orioles. The Orioles thought they had all these wildcard
00:57chances of improving. Then they get swept. Now we have the Yankees who are coming off a
01:01series loss versus the Blue Jays. Now they're taking care of the Rays. Things are going left,
01:05right, up, down, and center when it comes to the AL East right now. I do believe that the Rays
01:11are not
01:11secure in their AL East spot. They're not playing good baseball right now. Their pitching staff has
01:16taken a step back over the last few weeks. It's only down to a three-game lead. I think the
01:21Yankees can
01:21still win the division at that spot. If it doesn't get there, they'll absolutely get one of the wildcard.
01:26And when you look at the top of the league overall, not just the AL, seven of the 10 top
01:31teams are all NL. And the three that aren't are all in the AL East with the Yankees, the Red
01:36Sox,
01:36and the Rays. It's going to be an insane end to the season.
