Aaron Boone was still freshly soaked from the champagne showers of his players when he stepped outside the visiting clubhouse at T-Mobile Park last week. The Yankees had just clinched a playoff berth with a win over the Mariners, and Boone was asked whether this was the best team he’s had entering the playoffs during...

Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in four runs as the Yankees defeated the Orioles on Thursday to clinch their second AL East title in three years.

Before the Yankees popped champagne, Aaron Judge added to the party with another moonshot.

If the season had ended after Wednesday, the Yankees would have gotten a bye to the ALDS and faced the winner of the Orioles-Royals wild-card series.