The New York Yankees have won 12 of their past 17 games, propelling them into third in the AL East, seven games behind first-place Tampa Bay. If the Yankees want to catch the Rays, they need to improve in three key areas.
You might say Yankees manager Aaron Boone is crazy to think a bounce-back is in there offensively. In fairness to Boone, it’s hard to be much worse than Josh Donaldson was in 2022, so even a slight improvement would technically be a bounce back.