Yankees continue to fade with loss to BoSox

 RED SOX 6 - YANKEES 2 

To say this weekend series in Boston is huge for the Yankees is an understatement. After Thursday's heartbreaking 5-4 loss, the Yankees needed a win with Gerrit Cole on the hill, and instead they put up another stinker as Rafael Devers powered the Red Sox with a pair of home runs and five RBI.

Boston is now 9-2 against the Yankees this season, and hold a 9.5 game lead on the Yankees in the AL East. In fact Boston has 10 more wins than the Yankees do. 

While the Yankees are still very much alive for a wild card as the A's, Mariners, Angels, Blue Jays, and Guardians are all battling with New York for the final wild card slot, it's getting late early. 

The Yankees have to make a decision whether to be buyers or sellers by next week. Knowing the Yankee pedigree they will not give up that easily, and it is not that easy for them to offer up players in a sell-off at this point. 

It's not easy when the Yankees best players like Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez continue to struggle both at the plate and defensively. It's not easy when they are paying Giancarlo Stanton $36 million to be a DH.  Things are not good for New York. They need help, better yet, they need wins.