“Shut up and play better!”

The New York Yankees face elimination from the postseason after consecutive defeats to open the American League Division Sequence in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Aaron Boone’s workforce has been outplayed in Sport 1 and Sport 2, after being outscored 23-8 within the two video games. The Blue Jays’ dominance has sparked murmurs that the AL East winners are profiting from an unfair edge at Rogers Centre.

Nevertheless, Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay dismisses the narrative on “The Michael Kay Present” on ESPN Radio forward of a possible decisive Sport 3 on Tuesday.

“You bought swept in July there in a four-game set that modified the entire course of the American League East,” Kay stated. “That’s the place the Blue Jays took over, they usually by no means relinquished. Determine it out. In case you assume that they’re doing one thing bizarre or they’re doing one thing unlawful, determine it out. Don’t sit again and [say], ‘Woe is me.’”

Kay urged the Yankees to elevate their recreation as an alternative of backing the claims in opposition to the Blue Jays.

“Come out and say it,” Kay stated. “In case you assume that you simply assume that one thing is occurring, come out and say it. Give me specifics. In any other case, shut up and play higher.”

Yankees broadcaster highlighted workforce’s woeful report in opposition to Blue Jays

Whereas the Yankees have been outplayed within the first two video games of the division sequence, they did not fare any higher in opposition to the Blue Jays through the common season, dropping 10 of their 15 video games in opposition to the AL East rivals. The Blue Jays additionally held an 8-1 report at house in opposition to the Yankees.

“That’s not honest to the Blue Jays guys as a result of I’ll inform you one factor, in case you win these two video games in New York, you bought to return to Toronto, as a result of the truth that they beat you within the common season is why they received the tiebreaker,” Kay stated.

“You each had the identical report, however they get house subject benefit, they usually didn’t must play within the first spherical as a result of that they had the higher report in opposition to you. Proper now, you’ve performed them 15 instances, they usually’re 10-5 in opposition to you, and also you’re 4-2 at Yankee Stadium, and also you’re 1-8 in Toronto.”

Regardless of being at house for the following two video games, the Yankees face an uphill job of turning across the sequence in opposition to a rampant Blue Jays offense. There have solely been 10 cases when a workforce trailing 0-2 within the best-of-five sequence has gone on to win, whereas the workforce successful the primary two video games has received the sequence 80 instances.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports activities at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the best soccer supervisor of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the attractive recreation.

Though having began out professionally as a cricket author in 2022, Chaitanya’s curiosity and indiscriminate curiosity in all sports activities on the whole ultimately launched him to America’s favourite pastime.

Whereas Chaitanya’s favourite participant from the present crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favourite, nevertheless, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He additionally charges Jose Bautista’s iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favourite second in baseball historical past.

Chaitanya makes a speciality of reporting on technical points of the sport or analyzing patterns behind particular performs. He additionally likes pondering over gamers’ self-assessments following the conclusion of a recreation because it helps him get an thought of how they give thought to the game on the whole.

When not cheering for his favorites throughout sports activities, Chaitanya likes being transported to the previous by a very good warfare documentary or a historic documentary on the whole.

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