The Yankees’ general malaise continued this week as they dropped a series to the below .500 Nationals at home. The Yankees’ playoff hopes seem extremely fleeting at this point, and those two losses certainly didn’t help things. Also not helping things is the step up in competition as they’re are set to hit the road to take on the Rays this weekend.
After their insanely hot start, the Rays haven’t been quite as good recently, as they’re 51-45 since the start of June. Beyond that, there’s been a pretty major off the field issue that been a cloud over them in recent weeks.