At 41-18, the Yankees are the only team in major league baseball with less than at least 21 losses. Their .695 win percentage is top of the charts, yet they only sit half a game above the Red Sox for first place in the AL East.
Both good and bad, the Yanks have played five fewer games than the Sox due to a number of rainouts. Unfortunately, the bulk of them will be made up throughout the summer as part of day/night doubleheaders.
Although manager Aaron Boone recently defeated his former employer, ESPN — in which the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” intended to move the Yanks to the Sunday Night Baseball slot on July 8 in Toronto, despite a doubleheader the day before Baltimore, the one thing Boone, nor anyone else can control is injuries.