Given that the Yankees are currently three games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East with 12 games to go for both teams, the Yankees would need at least nine wins/Orioles' losses in order to finish the regular season with the same record as Baltimore. However, in that scenario, it is very likely that Baltimore would hold the tiebreaker.

New York clinched a postseason berth thanks to Anthony Rizzo's go-ahead RBI double in the tenth inning. In the bottom of the tenth, Julio Rodríguez got picked off third when he strayed too far from the bag avoiding Randy Arozarena's bat after he lost it on a swinging strike three. Check it out:

The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees became the first two teams to clinch spots in the 2024 MLB playoffs, earning respective tickets in the National League and American League.

Although the MLB regular season finishes on Sunday, September 29. There will be one day between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason. The postseason will begin with the Wild Card Series on Tuesday, October 1.

The New York Yankees are back in the playoffs after taking off last year. They clinched their 59th postseason appearance in franchise history Wednesday night.

Before Wednesday night’s game, Rizzo switched some things up and, presto, his slump was over ... at least for a night. Great timing. Rizzo was the star of the Yankees’ playoff clincher driving in both runs in a 2-1 victory over the Mariners,

The New York Yankees waited over a year to return to the MLB postseason. One more inning was nothing. With a 2-1, 10-inning win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night-into-the wee hours of Thursday morning,