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“#Yankees may only get more dangerous after dramatic turnaround<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Yankees have come a long, long way from \u201cwe suck\u201d and our play \u201cstinks to high heavens.\u201d Those were Brian Cashman\u2019s words at the end of June, of course, after his team had lost four straight.<\/p>\n

Who needs a big-city columnist when a big-city general<\/a> manager talks like that?<\/p>\n

A long time ago, when he first declared that the Yankees\u2019 annual mission statement is to win the World Series<\/a>, Cashman set the terms of engagement with the media<\/a> and the fans. If the Yankees weren\u2019t playing like serious championship contenders, they would get ripped for failing to measure up to their own stated standard.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Cashman and everybody who cares about his team were acting as if the Yankees were 10 game<\/a>s south of .500 when they were 40-38. And that\u2019s why nobody is doing any end-zone dances over the fact that they suddenly look like a slam-dunk favorite to host the wild-card playoff game, and a credible threat to win the American League East after being 10 games back last month.<\/p>\n

The Yankees were down 4-1 to the Mariners after two innings Saturday, and with Andrew Heaney one pitch away from complete disaster, it felt a lot worse than that. But the home team worked the problem \u2014 slowly, but very surely \u2014 and delivered a third straight comeback victory over Seattle that elevated its own big-picture hopes and greatly enhanced the possibility that the Mariners will miss the postseason for a 20th consecutive year.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo celebrate the Yankees\u2019 win on Saturday.<\/figcaption>
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Given how the Yankees have competed and changed since beating the Mets in the second game of their Fourth of July doubleheader, they could be a fearsome opponent come October. Yeah, they have to make the postseason first, but it\u2019s getting harder to believe that the Athletics or Blue Jays (or even the Red Sox) will stop them. If Luis Severino and\/or Corey Kluber return as reasonable facsimiles of what they used to be, the Yankees will be an even bigger handful than they are right now.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve won 20 of 28 games over the last month and change, starting with that desperately needed victory over the Mets, and no team has been hotter. As the Mets have fallen apart, the Yankees have reminded everyone that a baseball season is the longest of marathons, and that resilience (not to mention a seasoned GM working the trade market) is just as important as talent.<\/p>\n