The Yankees ran out their longest win streak of the season this past week, getting eight in a row before dropping the final game of their set with Houston on Sunday. Thus far the team’s performance has come in three waves, with two stretches of dominant play sandwiching a terrible stretch where they couldn’t buy a run. The pitching has been fairly consistently the wing of the roster that’s been performing, but the offense has warmed up with the weather and found its footing of late.
All of this has
the Yankees sitting atop the AL East as the month of April is nearly concluded, and the expected competition in the Red Sox and Blue Jays have been struggling out of the gate. Boston even made the surprising decision to fire their manager Alex Cora alongside several members of their coaching staff shortly after getting swept by New York. Has the landscape of the division changed with how these teams have performed, or will they remain thorns in the Yankees’ side? Will Jasson Domínguez find a consistent role on the team after getting called up in the wake of Luis Gil’s demotion? How will Anthony Volpe look when he returns to take over the shortstop gig? If you have questions like these, or anything else on your mind, send ‘em in for a chance to be featured in our Yankees mailbag.
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