The Yankees are set to begin another big series with real playoff implications. They will travel to Texas for a three-game set with the Rangers, who are just one of the many teams chasing the Yankees for one of the two AL Wild card spots.
That the Rangers have remained in the race this late into the season is something of a surprise. The team wasn’t setting the world on fire in the first half, and responded by trading staff ace and impending free agent Yu Darvish to the Dodgers.