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Last year the Boston Red Sox suffered an epic meltdown, dropping 20 of 27 September games and losing out on a Wild Card berth to the Tampa Bay Rays, who they led by nine games on Sept. 4, 2011. This year the New York Yankees may suffer a similar fate. The Yankees led the American League East by 10 games in June but have gone 33-32 since July and are now tied with the Baltimore Orioles at the top of the AL East, with Tampa Bay only three games out.
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If the season ended today, Baltimore would win the division based on a tie-breaker and the Yankees would play the Oakland A's in the Wild Card round. But there's still 20 games of baseball left for the Yankees, Orioles and Rays — and that's bad news for the Yanks.
The Yankees are old, hobbled by injuries and spoiled by the largest payroll in baseball. The O's are a scrappy young team that has gone 26-13 since August. The Rays have the best rotation out of the three and have gone 23-15 since August.
If the Yankees don't win the AL East, they may not even make the playoffs. The Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers are only a few games behind the Yankees in the race for the final Wild Card spot.
