The Athletic | Mitch Bannon and Chris Kirschner: Game 2 of the ALDS went even worse — in a couple ways — for the Yankees than their blowout loss in Game 1 did. An offensive onslaught against Max Fried put the Blue Jays in a dominant position as it was, but the Yankees’ lineup failed to do much of anything against Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage, as well. The resulting loss has the Yankees on the verge of elimination as the series heads to the Bronx.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Yesavage not only held the Yankees
in check, but he was dominant for much of the game, setting some records in the process. He managed to strike out 11 batters on 5.1 hitless innings, leaving the game to a standing ovation from the Toronto crowd. While the Yankees certainly would’ve done their homework on him before the game, they apparently didn’t do it well enough (they seemed to miss the Trajekt machine, for one).
MLB.com | Matt Kelly: Having now lost both games in Toronto, the Yankees are now going to have to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the ALDS. While that’s far from a simple task, they can take heart that the task has been accomplished 10 times before. In fact, the Yankees themselves have done so twice, in both 2001—kickstarted by Derek Jeter’s “Flip Play Game” in Oakland—and 2017 against Cleveland—the most recent example of any MLB club, and one that did feature Aaron Judge.
We’ll leave it to you whether you want to be inspired by the clips below from these comebacks, or if you just want to revisit happier memories than thinking about the 2025 team’s struggles.
