NEW YORK-- "It's right in front of us." If you've followed the Yankees over the last seven years, or heck, even if you don't care about the Yankees but simply keep tabs on baseball on the internet, then you've heard manager Aaron Boone utter those words.

Pitting Aaron Judge against Shohei Ohtani, and rekindling a historic rivalry, New York vs. Los Angeles would make for an epic Fall Classic.

The surprising emergence of the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals into the final four in the American League appears to be the reason the Yankees slipped ahead of the Dodgers in the odds to win the Fall Classic.

Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo will miss the AL Division Series against Kansas City because of fractured fingers that he thinks will heal in time for him to rejoin the team for the Championship Series if New York advances.