Thanks to a sweep of the Rays, the Yankees are now up 3.5 games in the AL East coming into this season. Things don’t get easier, however, as now they have to face off against the AL-West-leading Houston Astros.
According to winning percentage, the Astros come in with the third-best record in baseball, and swept the Yankees in Houston back in April. That was before the Yankees started to really pick things up, but the Astros themselves were hovering around .500 back then too.
The two teams have seen a lot of each other over the last couple seasons, and may meet again at some point in October this year.