
The Yankees’ rivals don’t look up for giving them a real AL East fight
NY Post
The Yankees traveled to Baltimore on Monday in the midst of three straight series against AL East opponents.
Early reminder: Despite the Yankees’ issues, they’re almost always good.
They won a series over the weekend against the perennially disappointing Blue Jays, they opened against the Orioles at Camden Yards with a 4-3 loss to move to 17-12 and they’ll finish the string with three games in The Bronx against the Rays, their scuffling Steinbrenner Field tenants.
The Orioles were set to take a step forward with their young stars and perhaps challenge the Yankees for the AL East title.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











