Overview

• New York finished the first half at 53–43, securing second place in the American League East, two games behind Toronto after winning five of its last seven.
• Atlanta sits at 42–53 and trails Philadelphia by 12½ games in the NL East and by 9½ in the wild-card race.
• Spencer Strider (3–7, 3.94 ERA) will make his next start as the Braves contend with long-term injuries to Chris Sale and Spencer Schwellenbach.
• The Yankees will deploy right-hander Ian Hamilton (1–0, 3.47 ERA) in a bullpen-opening role to leverage their pitching depth.
• Aaron Judge (.355 average, 35 homers, 81 RBIs) spearheads the league’s top slugging offense, dwarfing Atlanta’s .388 team slugging percentage.