{"id":102849,"date":"2025-09-22T07:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=102849"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:50:43","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8bronx-surge-the-yankees-are-catching-fire-at-the-perfect-time-their-arms-dealing-and-bats-exploding-just-as-october-looms-and-thats-a-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=102849","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8BRONX SURGE: The Yankees are catching fire at the perfect time, their arms dealing and bats exploding just as October looms \u2014 and that\u2019s a nightmare scenario for the rest of the AL. Momentum, swagger, and depth are converging into a juggernaut no one wants to face. Is this the start of another Yankee October steamroll?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/zoYEjaoZj2doTY5A67kpaA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/4f840f08fd163cd729adc8d0ccfefc65\" alt=\"Today on Pinstripe Alley \u2013 8\/26\/25 - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>New York is playing awesome baseball recently<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Colin Keane 18 Hours Ago2 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2044928\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\">\n<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The New York Yankees have a world of momentum as October approaches, which is bad news for other teams in the American League playoff picture. While New York might not be the hottest team over the past week (that distinction belongs to the Cleveland Guardians), no one has been better than the Yankees since early August.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1969593607486390608<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Everything seems to be coming together for the Yankees at the right time. Max Fried is looking dominant again, Aaron Judge is looking healthy again, and vibes are good in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees haven\u2019t ruled out winning the division, either. Entering Sunday, New York trailed the Toronto Blue Jays by just two games in the AL East.<\/p>\n<p>Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and the rest of New York\u2019s star-studded lineup will continue to put immense pressure on opposing pitching staffs to be at their absolute best when the playoffs start.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The key for the Yankees will be whether or not Fried, and particularly, Carlos Rod\u00f3n, can replicate their regular season effectiveness once the pressure rises.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fried went through a rough stretch this summer but came out the other end of it looking like an ace again. Rod\u00f3n\u2019s season has not been perfect, but it\u2019s been on the whole probably the most successful campaign in his career.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If Fried and Rod\u00f3n are locked in during a playoff series, the Yankees have to be considered the team to beat in the AL postseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees reached the World Series last season and are looking like a good candidate to return there this October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8BRONX SURGE: The Yankees are catching fire at the perfect time, their arms dealing and bats exploding just as October looms \u2014 and that\u2019s a nightmare scenario for the rest of the AL. 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