The divisional round of the 2025 Major League Baseball playoffs kicked off on Saturday with four games. There were two blowouts and two close games, including an extra-innings thriller in Seattle.
Even after winning 94 games, and after playing in the World Series a year ago, the New York Yankees still had some pretty big flaws and concerns going into the 2025 postseason.
The Philadelphia Phillies' lineup will have its hands full on Saturday when facing the game's best player, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who will make his postseason pitching debut in a city that will be trying to get into his head and throw him off his rhythm.
The divisional round of the 2025 Major League Baseball playoffs starts on Saturday, and the pressure is only going to get bigger from here for both teams and players.
On the heels of their 4-0 Game 3 wild-card series victory against the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees have a lot to be happy about, but they will have to address two main factors if they want to keep the postseason party going.
If the Yankees are going to continue enjoying postseason success, giving Paul Goldschmidt every opportunity to capitalize on left-handed pitching might be a necessity.
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The last time the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox in a postseason series, Aaron Boone hit a towering home run to send the Bronx Bombers to the 2003 World Series.
The No. 1 seed in the American League this season, the Toronto Blue Jays, faceoff against the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series starting Saturday, October 4.
Major League Baseball is introducing the Automated Balls-Strikes challenge system (ABS system) next season after growing complaints about the way balls and strikes are called.
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