Yankees’ All-Impressive Wild-Card Finale Cements Them as Clear AL Favorite

Yankees’ all-impressive wild-card finale cements them as clear AL favorite

They showed the rest of the draw their potential, and what’s more, they revealed a new side to themselves. Yes indeed, they can score without hitting the ball over the fence.

Yankees’ Fernando Cruz: 'I Have a Powerful Giant … His Name is Jesus Christ'

Thursday is “Elimination Day” in Major League Baseball’s Wild Card playoffs, which means three teams will be advancing into divisional matchups this weekend and three more will be going home for the season. On Wednesday, the New York Yankees edged out divisional rival Boston to force a decisive game three – in large measure thanks to Fernando Cruz’s masterful relief appearance that kept the game tied in the seventh inning. Cruz, age 35, spent 15…

Yankees high-leverage reliever is ready to take the ball for a third straight day if needed

Brad Penner-Imagn ImagesBrad Penner-Imagn Images In October, every pitch feels like it carries the weight of a season. For the New York Yankees, that pressure now falls squarely on the bullpen, where Fernando Cruz, Devin Williams, and David Bednar have emerged as the team’s most trusted weapons heading into Thursday’s decisive Wild Card Game against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees’ relief corps has hardly been a model of reliability this year, b…