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Before New York Yankees swing the Cardinals of St. Louis on the road this weekend, the five-time World Series champion and the current analyst of Yes Yankees, David Cone, thought that the team had all the good pieces in place to run to the playoffs.
The Yankees were in the middle of their crisis with a tight race in the playoffs of the American league swirling at the time. Some fans of the Yankees were nervous that the title champions of the American league would not go completely to the playoffs, and of course, it is always a possibility.
But CONE could not be more optimistic about this group despite their mid-season misfortunes.
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David Cone smiled after launched the first ceremonial throw before the match between the New York Mets and New York Yankees at the Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in New York, New York. (Mary Decicco / MLB photos via Getty Images)
“I would be very surprised if they did not make the playoffs,” said Cone to PK Press Club Digital by phone.
“I think they finally have all the pieces in the right place right now. [Chisholm Jr. is] Back to the second base. [Giancarlo] Stanton can play right on the ground, they have reorganized their enclosure of lifters with [David] Bednar in the back-end right now. It seems that, at least, they have blocked all the holes and they can advance by here instead of being weak in a certain area. “”
The Yankees are winners of seven of their last 10 games, which places them at 67-57 over the year. They still continue the Blue Jays de Toronto for their former point leading Al East, but in five games in this regard, fans are more focused on the Wild Card race in the American League.
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Three teams from each league enter and the winners of the division, and New York, the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners are competing for the two best Wild Card points in the American League.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Guardians, at 64-60, hide three games behind the Yankees, which means that it is not fluid before October. CONE knows too well what it takes to reach the promise field which is the playoffs, so he knows what the Yankees must do to make sure they get there.
It starts by starting the pitch.
The injured New York Yankees player Aaron Judge looks at the canoe in the seventh round of a baseball match against the Rays of Tampa Bay on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / Heather khalifa)
“They certainly need Max Fried to start again,” said Cone. “”[Carlos] Rodon was good. I also think a big elevator [Cam] Schlittler. A young power arm is a huge elevator for rotation. Will Warren too. So, all of a sudden, it feels like children take over. This seems to be a little fried regression may be maximum average, so to speak. He was so good in the first half, he had to be a few bad or to fight a little and he did. Rodon a little sometimes too, but for the most part, everything is aligned to run. “”
Then, it was the power bats that helped the World Series Yankees in 2024, although Juan Soto joined New York Mets.
“The last piece of the puzzle was Aaron Judge. What was the gravity of his injury, and can Giancarlo Stanton play the right field? Both are back, so these questions were also answered,” said Cone. “I have the impression of being aligned as best they can be. They are aligned to make a fairly decent race in the section. I expect them to do the playoffs, although nothing is a data because of the way Cleveland has played.”
But there are these fans who say that this year’s team is simply not up to the 2024 team, and that has certainly felt this season this season. The Yankees had two separate sequences of six defeats, with poor fundamental principles in all the facets that appear during these racks.
Although the defense played a factor for not having won the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees did not have as much question points before October.
David Cone launched the first ceremonial throw before the match between New York Mets and New York Yankees at the Yankee Stadium on Tuesday July 23, 2024 in New York. (Mary Decicco / MLB photos via Getty Images)
CONE, however, sent a reminder to all the fans of the Yankees: it doesn’t matter what you do in the regular season as long as you arrive at the playoffs.
Simply take the winning yankees of 2000 World Series of which he was for example.
“We won 87 games and we were not so big in the section,” said CONE about the 2000 Yankees who knew 87-74 during the regular season, which won the division. “But once the bell rang and we arrived in the playoffs, we knew what to do and there was a lot of confidence there.
“They are tested in battle in the playoffs and arrived at the World Series last year. So, absolutely entering the playoffs means that they have this experience … I think this group also has this confidence. I think it is just getting there and they could be very dangerous in qualifying series. They have experience, but I expect them to do it.”
The quintuple champion of the World Series, David Cone, who is an analyst yes Yankees, gave his point of view on the chances of the season. (Getty Images)
With 38 games to play on the regular season calendar, which is filled with key division matches and potential equality breaking scenarios, the Yankees qualifiers start a little early to secure this place they want desperately.
Could the scan of this week series be the spark necessary to put the ship back? The Yankees have the rays of Tampa Bay and the Red Sox to come.
