The rivalry series has unfortunately been quite one-sided through their first two meetings: the Red Sox have taken five of the first six from the Yankees including a demoralizing weekend sweep at Fenway Park in mid-June.

After a day off, the Red Sox will be back at it when they face the Yankees in a pivotal four-game series in New York. The Sox are hoping the rest did them some good as they enter the weekend having lost three in a row to sub .500 teams in the Orioles and ...

Giancarlo Stanton hit as clutch a home run as one can have for the New York Yankees in extra innings on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Max Scherzer turned in yet another strong start for the Blue Jays as he rounds into form late in the year. He went six innings, allowing just a single run in the bottom of the second when he loaded the bases with no outs but managed to only get dinged on an Isiah Kiner-Falefa groundout that moved the runners up.

In this Yankees mailbag, subscribers asked about benching Volpe, Austin Wells' struggles, moving Aaron Judge to first base and more.

The New York Yankees reportedly have decided on the shortstop role as Anthony Volpe struggles and Jose Caballero ascends.

The Yankees enter Tuesday five games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, and tied with the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox atop the AL Wild Card standings.

Ahead of the matchup, manager Aaron Boone met with the media and shared several key updates—most notably on superstar Aaron Judge, who recently returned from an IL stint after tweaking his elbow while throwing from the outfield.