The Yankees spent yesterday’s off-day in Cleveland, which seems like an appropriate punishment after getting swept at home by the Blue Jays. The AL East lead has been trimmed from six games to 1.5 games in 12 days, though the Yankees are still three games up on Toronto in the loss column. That sounds a little better. Anyway, I have some thoughts.
1. As ugly as that series was against the Blue Jays, it is worth remembering the pitching staff held Toronto’s high-powered offense to ten runs in three games. I would have signed up for that in a heartbeat heading into the series.