Here’s where the Yankees sat, in the A.L. East, on July 28th (four days ago):

Team	  W	L
Rays	  61	44
Red Sox	  61	46
Yankees	  58	47

Here’s where the Yankees now sit, in the A.L. East, at the close of business, August 1st:

Team	  W	L
Rays	  64	44
Red Sox	  62	48
Yankees	  59	50

So, in a span of four days, the Yankees have gone from being just three back in the loss column behind the first-place Rays to being (now) six games back in the loss column. And, there are now just 53 games left to the season.

On the bright side, presently, the Yankees are only two games back in the loss column behind the A.L. Wildcard leading Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. Let’s hope that gap doesn’t increase in the next four days…like the gap between the Yanks and the Rays did…so quickly.