On Friday night, the New York Yankees will open up a new series when they host the Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx.
The Yankees are coming off a three-game sweep over the Baltimore Orioles.
UPDATE: The Yankees won 3-1.
Kay Makes New York Yankees Statement
The Yankees will be playing another series without Aaron Judge, as he has been out since May 31 with an injury.
MLB.com wrote (on August 20): “Starting hitting progression, including hitting off a tee Aug. 20, which manager Aaron Boone said is going well. Previously, Judge had been performing swing-related pool exercises, playing catch, running outdoors and performing upper-body resistance training.”
This week, Michael Kay made a bold statement about the Yankees (via The Michael Kay Show).
Kay: “So, I’ll make this statement. If, and it’s a big if because they’re far from it, if the Yankees were whole, if they were not hurt, if Judge never broke his rib, the Yankees would steamroll their way to the World Series. Steamroll. Because the Yankees are an unbelievably compromised team and they keep beating these teams that are supposedly really good. How’s that possible? The Yankees don’t score runs. They don’t score runs. And I’m not saying that hyperbolically. They don’t score runs.”
Judge is in the middle of his 11th season at the MLB level.
He had been coming off a year where he won his third MVP award.
Before the injury, Judge (who is 33) was batting .248 with 53 hits, 17 home runs, 38 RBIs, 43 runs and five stolen bases in 59 games.
Yankees Ahead Of Blue Jays
The Yankees are the second-place team in the American League East with a 72-55 record in 127 games.
They are 6-4 over their last ten games (and 31-27 in 58 games at home).
Currently, the Yankees are 4.0 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays for first in the division.
Michael Kay Makes Bold New York Yankees Statement Amid Aaron Judge Injury