The New York Yankees secured their place within the MLB playoffs final evening with supervisor Aaron Boone bullishly declaring: “I’ll take our possibilities in opposition to anybody.”
Latest recruit Jose Caballero hit a walk-off single within the ninth inning to propel the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox and grant them at the least a wild-card spot.
First place in the American League East – and a bye into the AL Division Series – stays a risk however the Yankees should make up a one recreation deficit on the Toronto Blue Jays, who additionally maintain the tiebreaker, by the tip of Sunday.
Deliver it on, says Yankees supervisor Boone
No matter occurs between from time to time, Boone is assured his staff, who maintain an MLB-best file of 25-12 since August 13, are in nice form heading into the post-season.
“It’s been a difficult yr, no query about it,” he mentioned. “However at my core, and particularly as we bought right here to the ultimate couple months after which we bought to the ultimate month, I’m trying round in there and realizing that we’re fairly wholesome and getting guys again…I [felt] like our greatest baseball was completely forward of us and, hopefully, even nonetheless is forward of us.
“However I feel we’re a extremely good membership. It doesn’t assure something, however I’ll actually take our possibilities up in opposition to anybody.”
The Yankees have extra to do, Boone
Talking from an alcohol-fuelled locker room, Boone added on his staff’s achievement: “We’ve been via quite a bit already, that is the primary field to test, proper?
“We’ve gotta get in [and] we’re in. Don’t take that s**t as a right. We’re within the playoffs, we’ve bought much more to do, proper? We’ve bought a number of larger targets. However take pleasure in this, have a good time this proper now and are available get ’em tomorrow.”
Star outfielder Aaron Choose, who was serenaded with chants of MVP by his team-mates, echoed Boone’s evaluation that there was nonetheless a lot to return from the Bronx Bombers.
“The last word objective is to win our division,” mentioned Choose. “It’s nonetheless proper there for us. So, we’re enthusiastic about getting in, however we bought larger issues forward of us.”
