00:00And are you sold that Tampa is just going to Tampa is going to be the American League East champion
00:06when it's all said and done?
00:08I want to say yes, but I'm also looking at, you know, the schedule and where things sit.
00:15And it's not as if the Yankees, who are three games back, are, you know, they're playing great baseball for
00:21the most part.
00:22Their pitching staff is unbelievable.
00:24You know, theoretically, they should be getting healthier.
00:27If judges are going to be coming back into the lineup, we know they got Bellinger back.
00:29We can kind of cross off Stanton at this point.
00:32But the Yankees end the season with some pretty winnable series.
00:35And I don't think we are.
00:37I think we're going to move in two or three games from now until the end.
00:40And the way the Rays ended compared to where the Yankees ended, it's going to be up for grabs, I
00:45think, until the final week.
00:48Yeah, because they do have to play everyone that would be chasing them, right?
00:53So they control their destiny, Tom, I think it's fair to say.
00:56But at minus 200, to me, I wouldn't be relaying that.
01:02I think that's far from a minus 200, you know, foregone conclusion here, no?
01:07Yeah, essentially from September 1st, after we get through these next few series, the Yankees have the Angels, San Diego,
01:16Colorado, the Mets, the Twins, the Diamondbacks, then the Rays and the Orioles.
01:22So the last seven aren't great, but you're running through a stretch of Colorado, New York, all both series at
01:28home, and then at Minnesota.
01:29Like, that's a pretty solid 10, 11-game stretch that they could pick up eight of those wins.
01:34And it's not as if the Rays aren't going to be paying the Blue Jays who are hunting things down,
01:38the Red Sox.
01:39It's going to be closer than those minus 200 odds suggest.
01:43I agree.
01:45I think the – at right now, the Yankees, yeah, I think there's worth a shot because we know second
01:51to last series against Tampa Bay, right?
01:54And I believe that's in the Bronx.
01:59Yeah, it's at – the Rays are at New York.
02:02Yeah, it's at New York.
02:03But outside of that, right before that, they play versus Boston, and then the Rays end the series at Philly.
02:09And Philly's chasing down the Rays, so it's not like, oh, there's going to be some cakewalk series.
02:14They have nine or they have ten straight games against all playoff-bound teams.
02:19Yep, and I do believe the Yankees either are tied or have a slight edge on the season series for
02:25the tiebreakers.
02:26So, you know, only three games back with this many games to go, and you bringing them into your house
02:32to finish the season might be worth a look here.
