These are the kinds of baseball games that MLB needs: high drama, with teams fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive. Yankees fans probably wish a postseason berth had been locked up at this point, but here we are, playing meaningful games in the final week of the regular season. The Yankees can strengthen their playoff chances with a series win over the Blue Jays, and that begins tonight with a strong showing in game one of this critical three-game set.
Talk about a reintroduction by fire for Jameson Taillon. Just a day after being reinstated from the IL, he will start the latest “most important game of the season.