It didn’t take very long at all for the first umpiring controversy of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. The two division rivals met on Saturday for the first game of their best-of-five divisional playoff series.
Thanks to Cam Schlittler’s heroics in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series against the Red Sox, the Yankees are marching on in the postseason. Today, that march continues at Rogers Centre, as the Yankees are in Toronto to open up the American League Division Series against the Blue Jays.
The Yankees got their seat booked at the ALDS after a wild-card win over the Red Sox. However, the team’s celebration was short-lived. When the Yankees were preparing to showcase their power against the Jays, the team received some sad news regarding Cody Bellinger.
Omitted from the Wild Card Series roster after pitching in the final game of the regular season, Luis Gil is now tasked with helping the New York Yankees start the ALDS off on the right foot in Game One against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Highlights The Yankees have won their last four games when they didn’t homer, five of their last six, six of their last eight; they owned a .405 win percentage in homerless games vs a .318 MLB average.
The Yankees took care of business in the Wild Card Series, taking down the Boston Red Sox in three games to advance to the ALDS. Now, they face yet another AL East opponent, and the one that finished barely ahead of them in the Toronto Blue Jays.
Highlights Yankees add Luis Gil to the ALDS roster and line him up for Game 1 in Toronto; Mark Leiter Jr. comes off after the Wild Card round. Will Warren shifts to a multi-inning bullpen role.
“Do you believe in ‘due?’” It feels like I’ve heard Michael Kay ask or say some variation of that a thousand times over the last quarter-century. Anyway, if you believe in due, then you had to think the 2000 Yankees were close to snapping out of it.
The most satisfying postseason runs come when you exorcise demons. The Yankees did that, redeeming 2004, 2018, and 2021 by rallying back from a 1-0 deficit to take down the Boston Red Sox in three games to win the Wild Card Series.
After disposing of one AL East rival during the Wild Card Series in the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees will look to resign another in the Toronto Blue Jays to a similar fate in the Division Series.
That was way back in 2003, when the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox in the postseason last time in this century with a legendary walk-off home run from their current manager, Aaron Boone.
When Gerrit Cole went down in Spring Training, the thought of a pitcher going eight shutout innings in a win-or-go-home game against the Boston Red Sox felt inconceivable.
The New York Yankees made history with a Wild Card series victory over the Boston Red Sox from their home stadium, proving themselves to still be a powerhouse contender for the World Series.
On Sept. 9, Toronto Blue Jays TV analyst and former manager Buck Martinez said the New York Yankees are "not a good team." A month later, New York manager Aaron Boone hasn't forgotten, and he let the media know when the Yankees touched down in Toronto on Friday ahead of the teams' American League Division Series matchup.
The New York Yankees finished business in the Bronx, defeating the Boston Red Sox in the American League Wild Card Series. In the crucial three-game set, the Yankees had help from contributors to lead them to victory.
As it turns out, Cam Schlittler was pitching with a little extra motivation in his record-setting performance in the American League wild-card decider on Thursday.
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.
Yankees name Luis Gil as Game 1 starter in ALDS against Blue Jays Gil missed the first half of 2025 with a lat injury before returning in August He went 4–1 with a 3.32 ERA and 41 strikeouts in the second half The New York Yankees answered one of their biggest October questions on Friday.
In the high-stakes pressure cooker of postseason baseball, every play is magnified, and every mistake carries the weight of a season. For New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, a moment of premature celebration in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series nearly turned into a costly disaster.
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.
New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton made an embarrassing mistake during his team’s AL Wild Card Series win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, and he did not hide from it afterward.