After a long regular season in the Major League Baseball 2024, New York Yankees take first place in the American League ahead of teams like the Cleveland Guardians, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros. After last Thursday they won the division title in the East, during Sunday’s activity they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates from the ‘Big Apple’.
Although it is true that the Manhattan Mules lost the last series of the year, Aaron Boone’s team reacted in time to give new joy to its fans in the game that ended the campaign and then moved on to the Major League Baseball Postseason. The New York franchise returned from Yankee Stadium with a good participation by Trent Grisham (1 two-run HR + 1 RBI) and a run by Gleyber Torres driven by Giancarlo Stanton.
It should be noted that Aaron Judge and Juan Soto did not participate in this game, but even so the Bronx Bombers showed a good reaction to finish as the top dog in the American League. The Yankees finished the season with 94 wins and 68 losses, a percentage of .580, a favorable balance in home wins (44-37) and away wins (50-31)..
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In Judge’s case, ‘El Juez’ became the first player since Barry Bonds (2004) to finish with a slugging percentage above .700, as he hit .701 throughout the regular season. Added to this, The captain of the Manhattan Mules finished with the seventh best offensive season in Major League history: 58 HR, 1,159 OPS and 218 wRC+. He is only surpassed by Barry Bonds (2002, 2001), Babe Ruth (1920), Barry Bonds (2004), Babe Ruth (1923) and Ted Williams (1957).
Yankees again at the top of the American League
The Bronx Bombers once again finished at the top of the Eastern Division and will seek the American League title, where they have the record of 40 victories throughout history. The last time they won their league was in 2009, which coincides with the last time they reached the World Series championship, so NYY has the desire intact to return to the top.
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Recently, when the Yankees finished at the top of the East, it was the Houston Astros who stopped their intentions to be the best team in the American League, since in 2022 and 2019. On these two occasions the ‘Space City’ franchise finished with marks of 106-56 and 107-55, while the New Yorkers did so with 99-63 and 103-59respectively.
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