Overview

• The Yankees’ bullpen overhaul has faltered instantly: Bird, Bednar and Doval yielded nine runs in 2⅓ innings during the Marlins sweep with Bird serving up the walk-off in an 8-5 loss to Texas.
• The Yankees have fallen to third place in the AL East after going 7-11 since mid-June, and recent losses dropped them further behind division leaders.
• To address rotation shortages left by season-ending injuries to Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt, New York signed veteran Kenta Maeda to a minor-league deal and sent him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
• The Mets’ starters have failed to pitch deep into games, with Monday’s loss to Cleveland marking the fourth start in which only David Peterson worked beyond the sixth inning.
• Sluggish offense from Nimmo, Lindor, Soto and Alonso—batting a combined .234 since June 13—has compounded pitching woes and left New York’s National League contenders fighting for stability in the wild-card race.