Cano is killing me with his baserunning lately!

FWIW R/G

Hitting
NYY: 5.53
BOS: 5.08
TBR: 5.26

Pitching
NYY: 4.75
BOS: 4.23
TBR: 4.47

while a west coast trip is never fun, 7 games against the A’s and M’s isn’t exactly fear inspiring, so where the yankees are before going to play them is not the primary concern. the head to heads in the next two weeks with tampa and boston (especially boston) is really what it’s all about. going crazy vs. treading water means little unless we consider what the other teams we’re competing with do. team is playing absolutely unbelievable baseball now for over a month, and the focus should just be on continuing to do that day in and day out, controlling what the team can control, and let the standings fall where they will (and we should be able to sit back as fans for a night and admire what we’ve seen for the last 28 games, culminated by a 9-1 homestand!)

One thing in our favor: I think that the Sox are going to show that they are not as good as their record in the first half. Not a bad team but not the class of the league. They had no excuse to lose today to the O’s. After picking up a game on us yesterday they give it right back.

They are solid in the 1 and 2 pitchers and the bullpen. Everything else is a question.

And Tampa is a notch below NY and BOS.

Despite the challenges on paper I like our chances.

Boston’s next 7 games while we play @ Tampa and CWS are very easy. Its not unrealistic to think that we could be tied this time next week.

Every game from here on out when you look at our schedule is going to be tough. Nothing can be taken for granted.

Rays, not Jays, in the 1st sentence above.

Sheesh.

I would think:

1 of 3 in Tampa, because the Jays are playing well now, but the Yanks have AJ and CC going in that series. A 2-2 split in Chicago, because, again, AJ and CC go in that series, and one of them should get a win. A split in Toronto, because you can bet that if Halladay isn’t traded by then, he’ll get one of those two games. He’ll pitch Wednesday this week, so he’ll likely get the first game on Tuesday as the Jays are off on Monday. And 2 of 3 at home vs. the Jays after the Sox come in. So, that’s 6-6, not counting the Sox series.

A 2-2 split means 8-8, a 1-3 loss means 7-9. The rotation for the Yanks, barring injuries or trades, looks like Mitre/AJ/CC/Joba.