Bronx Bomber Ball

After landing the biggest fish in Free Agency this past Winter, the Yankees enter 2020 as the clear favorites in the American League East.  That is not meant to suggest that they have no competition, however, as New York was not the only team to improve during the offseason, with the Rays making their usual under-the-radar moves that will help them win and the Blue Jays made a big splash signing with Hyun-Jin Ryu.  Let’s dive into the predictions. Photo Credit: New York Post

Credit: cbssports.com A shortened season of baseball is better than no baseball at all, right?

On Sunday afternoon, I parked myself on the couch, pulled the emergency brake, and settled in for nine innings of Yankee baseball.   Apart from some Yankee fielding errors, it was a good game to watch.   It was a divisional match-up that featured two fantastic pitchers on the bump.   For the Yanks it was, Masahiro Tanaka and for the Blue Jays, Marcus Stroman.   I love watching Stroman pitch; he has some of the nastiest stuff in the league.   His command is phenomenal and he fields his position incredibly well, a rare trait for a pitcher.   My “dumb fan brain” is taking the image of him pitching in Yankee Stadium, but this time it’s October and he’s wearing pinstripes.   It’s a wonderful image and not completely far-fetched.   Stroman has been linked to the Yankees as a trade target at the deadline along with Madison Bumgardner, Trevor Bauer, and a few others.   Of those three listed, Stroman would be my top option, but I tend to think the ...

Coming into this final game of the three-game set, both teams had won one game with the Yankees winning game one in a one run contest and the Rays winning the second game in blowout fashion. With the Yankees looking to catch up to the Rays in the standings, this game was a crucial one for this rolling Yankees team. Julio Aguilar | Getty Images

Coming off the most gut wrenching and frustrating series of the year, the Yankees will travel to the South side of Chicago to take on the White Sox. The Yankees currently sit 9.5 games back of the Red Sox in the AL East and have seen their Wild Card lead diminish to just 2.5 games. It is just a matter of time before this team finds their groove again, and hopefully a series win versus the 41-70 White Sox will put them on the right track.

Following a series win against Toronto, the Yankees will face off against the Orioles in a four game series between division foes. The series will feature four games in three days, including a double header on July 9 to make up for a June matchup which was postponed due to inclement weather. The Yankees and Orioles haven’t faced off since June 2 and since that game the Orioles have only won seven games. The Yankees since that game have won twenty one games, tripling the Orioles total in that span. The Orioles are the division’s cellar dwellers and, frankly, the Yankees should easily take at least three games in this series and try to continue keeping pace with the Red Sox for the division lead.

It is something that can be said about a lot of Sonny Gray starts in a Yankee uniform, it was short, and not sweet. Gray was pulled after just two innings of work leaving the Yankee bats 21 outs to try and overcome a 5-0 deficit. The bats did not come alive when they needed to (0-6 with RISP), and the Yankees fell 6-2 in the first game of a three-game set against the Blue Jays. Photo Credit: AP Images