Are the Tampa Bay Rays a true contender after sweeping the New York Yankees?

The New York Yankees have a major problem. And every team has known it since the 2024 World Series against the Dodgers.

Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, and the Rays completed their first three-game sweep of the Yankees since 2021, holding on for a 5-4 win on Sunday.

For this afternoon’s finale, the Yankees will send Ryan Weathers to the hill. While his regular season debut when well enough, Weathers struggled in his last time out, looking more like the pitcher we saw struggle in spring training. We’ll see if he can right the ship today.

Jeffrey Springs took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, and the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 1-0 to clinch their first series at Yankee Stadium since 2016.

So let’s agree the closing argument for the 2026 version is in the distance. But what is in the present has not been uplifting.

The New York Yankees are not just a baseball team. They are an institution, a century-long argument for why sustained excellence in professional sports is possible when an organization gets the right things right.

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The Tampa Bay Rays had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning when Jonathan Aranda hit a ground ball to Chisholm. He didn’t field the ball cleanly for the potential double-play, which allowed Chandler Simpson to score the game-winning run from third.