The player least popular among Yankees fans entering this postseason allowed that hard-to-please collective to party deep into Saturday night. And likely into Sunday morning. Alex Verdugo, the organization's choice to start in leftfield rather than uber-popular prospect Jasson Dominguez,

KC lost a 6-5 slugfest at Yankee Stadium. Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning as New York took a 1-0 series lead. That followed a controversial call at second base in which the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm, who scored the winning run, was called safe sliding into second and the play stood on a review.

That’s right, it’s the most wonderful time of the year in October: the 2024 MLB playoffs are continuing after the Wild Card round. We’re now up to the divisional series, and we’re here to talk about the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees series between the two.