New York Yankees‘ AL East foe Tampa Bay has a very easy August schedule, and will try to use that to their advantage and make a run.
The Rays won’t be playing a team with a record better than .500 until August 27th when they take on the Astros. In the meantime, they have games against the Orioles, Blue Jays, Tigers, Mariners, etc. But all of them are bad teams.
Since those teams are so bad and Tampa is good, they have a shot at winning a lot of games this month. So, to prevent a run, the Yankees just have to keep winning too.