WILL THE DOMINOES FALL THE YANKEES WAY?

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Mathematically, the Yankees still have a chance of making the playoffs. Very slight chance, but there is a chance. I feel obligated to watch the Yankees even though they are the same old, same old team—win some games, lose just as many. I guess I just want them to wake up and go on a tear. So the big question is, "will the dominoes fall the Yankees way?"

"According to baseball-reference.com, the Yankees had a 0.1 percent chance of making the playoffs Monday morning. ESPN liked their chances three times as much: 0.3 percent. And FanGraphs — in a clearly shameless play for more Yankee-fan subscribers — had them all the way up at 0.4 percent," wrote The New York Post before Tuesday night's loss against Toronto. 

And in grand Yankee fashion, they face an AL East rival at home and lose. They can't manufacture runs. And honestly if I could have three Isiah Kiner-Falefas on this team, I would take them. IKF works hard, plays every position and never gives up. But even his efforts are dimming as the Yankee's season slips away.

"The math is what the math is. They’re still going to play games for 13 more days. So here is a look at what the Yankees almost certainly have to do with the 12 games they have left:

1. Go 5-1 against the Jays.

2. Take two of three from the Diamondbacks, in town this weekend.

3. Sweep the Royals, who still have a good chance to lose 110 games.

That’s 10-2. That’s hard. But that’s the kind of streak the Yankees need now, minimum," reported The Post.

The Yankees have had their bout of bad luck this season, hard knocks if you will. Unfortunate injuries, long stints to the IL, quiet bats, pitching woes, and mismanagement of players pretty much sum up 2023. And Tuesday's 9th inning just shows you that the Yankees are incapable of helping themselves. So, no the dominoes won't fall the Yankees way. They simply don't have even pieces to level up and beat the odds.

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof