Do the Yankees have any gas left in the tank for a comeback? Because after getting blown out 10–1 and 13–7 in the first two games of the ALDS, even the most die-hard fans might be losing faith. Still, captain Aaron Judge isn’t counting them out just yet.

“Wildcard series. Lose the first one and play two elimination games. It’s kind of what we did even at the end of the year, where we’re chasing a division.” He pointed to their recent Wild Card series against the Red Sox, where the Yankees dropped the first game but bounced back to win the next two and take the series.

Expecting that same turnaround again this time, Aaron Judge has sent a bold warning to the Blue Jays.

Aaron Judge shared what the Yankees are planning to do to survive in the playoffs.

For the Yankees to start putting runs on the board, Aaron Judge and the rest of the lineup will have to turn up the aggression. After getting shut down by Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage, it’s clear this offense has plenty of work ahead.

And what’s more is that the Yankees flew home with their season hanging by a thread.

They outscored 23–8 over the first two games of the best-of-five. At one point, the tally was a brutal 22–1 before they finally showed some life against Toronto’s bullpen to make things look a bit better on paper. Now, the pressure’s squarely on the bats.

And as Judge himself said, if the Yankees do manage to pull off a miracle, it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve defied the odds.

The onus is also on the Yankees’ pitching

While the offense needs to score runs on board, it is the pitching that should be effective enough, too, to stop the runs from flowing. The Yankees’ pitching lineup allowed 23 runs in the last two games. What’s worse is when the team’s top arm is blowing up.

Max Fried got the start for the Yankees on Sunday. He was meant to be the lefty firewall against a dangerous Blue Jays lineup that had already crushed Luis Gil and the bullpen in Saturday’s 10–1 blowout. On paper, Fried looked like the perfect man for the job as he went 11–1 with a 1.82 ERA in 16 starts.

Even heading into Game 2, Fried had been on fire, posting a 6–0 record with a 1.37 ERA and 1.04 WHIP over his last eight starts! However, Sunday didn’t go as planned.

Fried battled through early trouble, escaping the first inning with a double play, but things unraveled in the second. A Daulton Varsho double put a man on third, and then Ernie Clement launched a two-run homer!

Now, it’s those clutch moments the Yankees just haven’t been able to capitalize on lately. And if they keep letting opportunities slip away like this, it’s hard to see Aaron Judge’s confident words about a comeback becoming reality.