To the Yankees’ bullpen: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

They did it again! Another epic loss to the Tigers! Last night, the Yankees lost the series to Detroit as their bullpen allowed nine runs. The Yankees’ bullpen has now allowed at least nine runs in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history. With an 11-1 loss, the Yankees have lost consecutive games by double-digit runs, also for the first time in franchise history.

At first, it was a battle of starting pitching as neither team could score a run until the fifth inning. Carlos Rodón gave it his all, allowing just two runs to the mighty Tigers lineup. But then Mark Leiter Jr. gave up a run, Camilo Doval gave up three, Tim Hill gave up two, and Luke Weaver allowed three more. The only Yankees pitcher who didn’t allow a run was backup outfielder Austin Slater, who got the last two outs of the ninth inning.

This is supposed to be the start of a new chapter. These Giants are supposed to be better than last year’s Giants, who finished their 100th season with a 3-14 record. The 2025 Giants are supposed to be more talented. They’re supposed to be more prepared. But on Sunday in Landover, the Giants were neither of those things as they lost to the Commanders 21-6.

It was interesting to watch Daniel Jones complete 22 of 29 passes in Indianapolis on Sunday and throw for 272 yards, with one passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns. Jones could barely throw a touchdown for the Giants last season. Just like Saquon Barkley did last year when he began his post-Giants career, Jones is accomplishing things in Indianapolis that seemed impossible when he was a Giant.

Sometimes, they do this. To their credit, it’s been a while, but the Yankees had another meltdown of an inning last night, which cost them a 12-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers and a game in the division standings.

A bullpen’s performance can be unpredictable. It’s probably the most maddening part of baseball. In one game, a bullpen might be lights-out. The next night, the opposite might occur. When the Yankees went on a free fall in June and July, their bullpen suffered many injuries, which contributed to many Yankees’ losses. There were also plenty of arms, like Devin Williams, who couldn’t meet expectations. Despite winning a couple of close games against Toronto this weekend, the Yankees’ bullpen issues proved they have not subsided, and they’ll never subside completely.

The Yankees took care of business against Toronto this weekend, winning two of three games to reduce their deficit in the standings to 2.0 games behind the Blue Jays for the division lead.

But this was more than just a series win. Winning this series was a statement for the Yankees, who proved to Toronto that they could rob them of first place. After significant series wins in Chicago and Houston, the Yankees kept momentum on their side this weekend.

This is going to be an exciting 101st season of Giants football. Not because the team is playoff-bound. I’m not that optimistic. But the New York Football Giants have finally given fans something (or someone) to believe in. And he is a young quarterback named Jaxson Dart.

As the Giants finished the preseason with a perfect record, Dart was the star who shone the brightest. He showed an ability to get the ball down the field and work smoothly out of the pocket. He showed versatility, talent, and confidence that former quarterback Daniel Jones never had. He is the future of the New York Giants.

But the biggest question that the Giants must answer this season is just how far into the future it will be when Jaxson Dart becomes their quarterback.

Brian Walsh didn’t want it to happen, but the Yankees found a way to take two of three games from the Houston Astros last night with an 8-4 win.

This time, it wasn’t Walsh’s poor assessment of the strike zone that ailed the Yankees. He was stationed at third base in last night’s game, and in the sixth inning, when Jose Altuve clearly lined a ball into Ryan McMahon’s glove at third base, Walsh ruled that McMahon had committed an error by dropping the ball on the play. McMahon fumbled the ball on the transfer, but YES Network cameras clearly showed he caught the ball on the fly first. Yet, Walsh didn’t see that, and unfortunately for the Yankees, the play was not reviewable.

Last night in Houston, the Yankees lost 8-7 to the Astros. The loss happened for two distinct reasons:

1. The Yankees’ bullpen couldn’t hold things down in a close game.

2. The umpires made it impossible for the Yankees to win.

Last night in Houston, Framber Valdez was pitching to his catcher, César Salazar, with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the fifth inning. Trent Grisham stepped up to the plate, and with a 1-0 count, Salazar signaled to Valdez to step off the mound, but Valdez didn’t listen. Instead, he threw a sinker down the middle to Grisham, who deposited it into the left-field porch for a grand slam.

The grand slam was Grisham’s third of the season and his second in his last four games. It also marked his 29th home run of the season. “I was just talking to myself on deck, knowing it was going to be a big situation,” said Grisham. “Really getting excited for that, getting really calm, and really getting focused. Then just looking for a pitch I could handle.”

It had been 68 years since the top five members of the Yankees’ all-time home run leaderboard changed. But that changed in Chicago on Sunday when Aaron Judge hit his 358th career home run, tying Yogi Berra for the fifth most in Yankees history. Judge went 3-for-5 in the game, and his home run marked his 43rd of the season.

“To get a chance to tie one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Yankees in homers, it’s pretty special,” said the Yankees captain. “The way Yogi played the game, what he meant to pinstripes, you knew how much it meant being a New York Yankee to him. I feel the same way.”

Last night in Chicago, three more dingers propelled the Yankees past the 48-86 White Sox for a 10-4 win. Anthony Volpe broke out of his 1-for-37 jumbo slump with two hits, an RBI, and a run scored to help deliver the victory.

“It’s obviously [been] frustrating,” said Volpe, “because you want to get results and help the team, and [I wasn’t] not doing that. At the same time, I feel like I was close and in a good spot. I feel like I was taking good swings and putting together pretty good at-bats.”

Eight hits. Nine runs scored. Four home runs. 15 batters. 41 minutes. 77 pitches. That was the bottom of yesterday’s third inning as the Yankees followed Tuesday’s 5-1 win with an 11-2 beatdown of the Washington Nationals. With the victory, the Yankees swept the Nationals.

The third inning began with Ben Rice, who singled sharply to right field, and Aaron Judge plated him with a 424-foot home run to deep center field. Then, on the first pitch he saw, Cody Bellinger went back-to-back with Judge to make it 4-0 Yankees. Jazz Chisholm Jr. then walked and stole second base before Jasson Domínguez brought him home with a ground-rule double to right field. After Anthony Volpe lined out to second base, Austin Wells reached on catcher’s interference, which put two runners on base for Ryan McMahon.

Sometimes, the Yankees look really good. When they hit home runs, the Bombers look like an elite championship contender. But whenever they face a tough starting pitcher, they collapse and crumble. In those situations, it feels like the only thing that can help the Yankees is a home run.

The home run is baseball’s finest recipe for success, and the Yankees’ 218 long balls lead all of baseball this season (19 more than the Dodgers, with the second-most in the league). However, the Yankees tend to reserve their home runs for struggling pitchers, like Dustin May and Brad Lord on Sunday and Monday. As has been evident for the past several seasons, when the Yankees face a top starter or a streaking lesser-known arm, they tend to go down quickly and quietly.

Giancarlo Stanton… the animal!

Last night in Tampa, Big G played hero as the Yankees overcame a blown save to beat the Rays 6-4, finishing their road trip with a perfect 5-0 record. Trent Grisham and Austin Wells each hit two home runs for the Bombers, who belted 14 home runs across two games, tying the 1999 Reds for the most home runs in a two-game span in MLB history.

After Hunter Feduccia doubled off David Bednar to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, Giancarlo Stanton pinch-hit to begin the top of the 10th. In the seventh pitch of his at-bat against the tough closer Pete Fairbanks, Stanton drove a fastball to deep left field, putting the Yankees ahead 5-3. The home run was Stanton’s second this season as a pinch-hitter. “He’s so good at the mental game now, preparing and knowing how to do it,” manager Aaron Boone remarked. “He has tremendous self-awareness of who he is as a hitter now. He’s an animal.”

What kind of team hits nine home runs in two different games in a single season? In case you were wondering, THAT IS NOT NORMAL!

The last time this happened was the second game of the 2025 season, and the Yankees hit nine home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers, setting a franchise record for the most home runs hit in a single game. The all-time MLB record for home runs in a single game is 10, a feat accomplished by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987. Now, the New York Yankees aren’t just the first team in Major League history to have multiple nine-home run games in a single season, but the first franchise to ever record multiple nine-homer games in its history.

Do you see why this isn’t normal?

It really is all right in front of them.

This past weekend, the Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals, and they now find themselves tied with Boston for second place in the American League East (five games behind Toronto) and in a three-way tie with Boston and Seattle for the first AL Wild Card spot. With a four-game series against Boston approaching this weekend, plus three more games against them and Toronto in September, the Yankees have an excellent chance at securing not just the first Wild Card spot, but a second consecutive division title. The playoff push starts now.

On Wednesday night, the Yankees failed to sweep the Minnesota Twins, losing 4-1. The All-Star righty Joe Ryan shut down the Yankees’ lineup, which could only muster four runs on five hits. The loss marked the Yankees’ first to Minnesota in 10 games.

The then 11-5 Joe Ryan and his 2.79 ERA were too much for the Yankees to handle. They have been inconsistent offensively against the league’s best pitchers. Recently, they were able to overcome Zack Wheeler, Hunter Brown, and Framber Valdez, but they didn’t win all those games because of their bullpen. In early August in Miami, Eury Pérez and Edward Cabrera shut them down. The next week, they were no match for Nathan Eovaldi or Jason Alexander.

Last night, the Yankees achieved consecutive wins for the first time since July 31 as they defeated the Minnesota Twins 9-1. The Bombers crushed three home runs while allowing just one hit to Minnesota. They also walked 11 times with just five strikeouts.

Things were looking bleak early as Carlos Rodón couldn’t get an out in the first inning before he loaded the bases. “We were set up for disaster there,” said Rodón. “But we got through it.” Rodón managed to record two strikeouts and a groundout, allowing the Twins to plate just one run. After allowing a leadoff single to Austin Martin, walking Byron Buxton, and hitting Ryan Jeffers in a 31-pitch first inning, Rodón went on to retire 17 consecutive batters and pitch through seven innings. He walked two hitters and struck out five, efficiently finishing with 96 pitches.

Sure, it’s just the Twins. But the Yankees need wins, so anything counts.

Last night, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-2, thanks to four solo home runs and a strong start from Will Warren. The win marked the Yankees’ first series-opener victory since the All-Star Break. Since 2002, the Yankees hold a 124-44 record against Minnesota, including a 30-5 mark at home since 2015. There is no better get-right series for the Yankees than this.

What is it going to take for this Yankees team to start winning games? When do all the heartbreaking losses become too heavy to bear?

On Friday night, Devin Williams blew a tie game in extra innings. On Saturday, Trent Grisham came up clutch with an eighth-inning home run to lead the Yankees to a win. But on Sunday, the Yankees went down silently against Jason Alexander and his 5.97 ERA, and Max Fried couldn’t give his team a chance to win.

It was an awful week for Yankees manager Aaron Boone, so when his team was on the verge of losing their Wild Card spot on Wednesday, he knew he had to change his approach. The first change was removing Devin Williams as closer. The second was replacing him with David Bednar.

With the Yankees leading Texas 3-2 with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning yesterday, Boone selected Bednar to attempt a five-out save. Bednar walked Joc Pederson but struck out Kyle Higashioka and Josh Smith to end the inning. He started the bottom of the ninth with two strikeouts, but after a walk to Corey Seager and a single from Marcus Semien, Boone had a key decision to make.