The New York Yankees Record Against the AL East is WHAT?!
Much has been made of the New York Yankees' recent struggles. Every team has a tough stretch or some individual players that make a bad play to cost them a couple games. This Yankees stat, however, made me look at this team completely differently.
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Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News noted in a recent piece that the Yankees are only 10-15 against their own division on the whole season.
The Baltimore Orioles have been dead last practically since Opening Day and not competitive. Boston has had a losing record all year and shipped their best player out of town, Toronto has only played better ball over the last few weeks and Tampa doesn't even play in their own stadium.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone (17)© David Butler II-Imagn Images
That is a division that the powerhouse, reigning AL champs, $288 million team should be stepping on the throat of. And they are 10-15, even with Aaron Judge having another all-time great hitting season.
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Tonight will be the finale of the Blue Jays series, then another matchup with them starting July 21st will be the next time the Yankees can make any type of improvements on their record within the division.
How can they make any real changes that would impact this season? These are the teams they have to beat the most if they want to be a top seed in the postseason, or to even make it, and they have not been able to do it with their current approach.
Making a trade ahead of the deadline is the simplest change, but is bringing in an extra arm or two going to fix the daily "WTF" plays? Will the other teams in the division spend so much time studying the new acquisitions, the current Yankees can perform better? I do not see it playing out like that.
If a strategic or an overall attitude change happens, we won't see it right away, but the results on the field against these teams would be loud and obvious.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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