The New York Yankees ARE NOT Done Yet

The New York Yankees are not done in 2015 no matter what it looked like over the weekend. To borrow a quote from the Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez the "Toronto Blue Jays spanked us and made us call them our daddy." The Yankees threw some of their best pitchers at Toronto with Luis Severino, Michael Pineda and Masahiro Tanaka and it was not enough, not even with the home field advantage. There is no other way to cut it and there's no way to equivocate, Toronto owned the Yankees this weekend but that doesn't necessarily mean that New York is done this season.

The Yankees are done in the American League East Division race in my opinion but the team should not bow their head in shame for settling for one of the two American League Wild Card playoff spots. Heading into play Sunday, since this post was written before all the games were complete Sunday afternoon and evening, the Yankees still held a three game lead over the Texas Rangers for the first AL Wild Card and a four game lead over the Minnesota Twins for the second AL Wild Card. It's far from comfortable with 20 games left but it would also take a massive choke job by a veteran team to completely miss out on the postseason altogether.

New York has 11 games that can be described as "winnable" with three games against the Tampa Bay Rays and four games each against the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees have another three games with the Baltimore Orioles, three games against the New York Mets and three more games with this Toronto Blue Jays team as well leaving New York as a possible spoiler for those teams.

Things may look grim right now for the team but the New York Yankees are not done, not by a long shot. The team lost the division, not mathematically but it's just a matter of time in my opinion, but the team can still win one of the Wild Card slots for the American League. This team has gotten hot before and slayed Goliath more than once this season and if you watched either the San Francisco Giants or Kansas City Royals reach the World Series in 2014, both as Wild Card teams mind you, you know that there's still a chance...