The American League looks wide-open, with the Tigers, Yankees, Astros and Blue Jays all currently listed at 10-to-1 or shorter to reach the World Series.

The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have several attractive trade chips they can move ahead of the July 31 deadline. That could be good news for New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.

Entering Saturday’s game, the Yankees’ 120 wRC+ was the best in baseball. They lead MLB in home runs, walk percentage, isolated power, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wOBA. This offense is deadly enough to carry them to title No. 28.

After Tuesday night's All-Star Game in Atlanta, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez made their World Series predictions during FOX's post-game show.

“Just not good enough,” said manager Aaron Boone, who along with pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. “We’ve got to obviously tighten it up. Confident we will. We’ll continue to work at it. We have good defenders here. But tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”

Young, former Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and assistant general manager Thad Levine took a trip down memory lane.

Aaron Judge has elevated his level of play in 2025 and could be the decisive factor for the Yankees to conquer the World Series. When it comes to power, consistency and leadership

For the first time since 2019, the Yankees will hold a baseball game as part of the annual event on Aug. 9 while honoring the 25th anniversary of the 2000 World Series championship team. The Yankees listed 38 scheduled attendees, including four first-timers: Roger Clemens, David Justice, Alfonso Soriano and Jose Vizcaino.

The Yankees returned to the World Series in 2001 and 2003 but lost in both, then fell short of the Fall Classic in each of the next five years, sometimes in excruciating fashion.

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are both reportedly pursuing a trade for the same All-Star utilityman from the St. Louis Cardinals.