The New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals will begin their best-of-five American League Division Series Saturday night. The winner of this series will advance to the league championship round, where they'll take on either the Cleveland Guardians or Detroit Tigers for the rights to both the AL pennant and a spot in the World Series.

NEW YORK — Bobby Witt Jr. sounded like a postseason vet as he fielded questions from reporters in the press conference room at Yankee Stadium on Friday. The 24-year-old was one sleep away from the biggest test of his young career — a showdown with the Yankees in his American League Division Series debut — and he was saying all the right things.

Happy to be on track for an AL Division Series matchup against the Yankees, Bobby Witt Jr. streamed YouTube on the train ride from Baltimore to New York to watch some Derek Jeter highlights of postsea

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NEW YORK-- "It's right in front of us." If you've followed the Yankees over the last seven years, or heck, even if you don't care about the Yankees but simply keep tabs on baseball on the internet, then you've heard manager Aaron Boone utter those words.

As Aaron Judge looks to turn his postseason numbers around and lead the Yankees on a deep playoff run, he'll need to break through against a pitcher that's had his number for his entire career.

Soto's future was the biggest topic as the Yankees prepared to start their postseason series against the Royals.

Before the Yankees swing into the postseason in the American League Division Series, New York manager Aaron Boone downplayed the magnitude of the moment in front of slugger Juan Soto.

The New York Yankees are now hours away from Game 1 of their ALDS series against the Kansas City Royals. Given that the Yankees haven't played a game in six days as they awaited the AL Wild Card round to play out,