With the season winding down, the New York Yankees are in need of wins to help them in the postseason. The magic number to clinch the AL East is dwindling, but the team will obviously be playing in October.
They need wins so they can get the best record in the AL and the best record in the MLB. A second-best or better record in the AL gives them home-field advantage for the ALDS, while the best record in the AL also gives them home-field advantage for the ALCS.
If the Yankees manage to get the best record in all of baseball, they get home-field advantage in the World Series as well.