The New York Yankees path to the playoff shouldn’t be all that complicated: Stop losing to the Orioles.

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The evil empire is on the skids as the MLB season winds down, at this very moment the New York Yankees are on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. 

And you might say “Hey, they’re only half a game back of the wild card”, and to that I would answer“True, but maybe don’t drop 8 games to the Baltimore Orioles if you’re serious about contending” 

The Yankees have a chance to climb back into a wild card spot on Friday, as they open up a three game set in the Bronx against sub-.500 Cleveland. 

Lets take a look at Friday picks:

• We’re going to do the right thing here, we’re betting against the Yankees, take Cleveland to win +165
• And rely on a little bit of pinstripe swing and miss, Cleveland starter Zach Pleasac over 3.5 strikeouts, -175