The Yankees also ranked in the top half of the league in pitcher pickoff attempts, with Stroman leading the way at 61. The Yankees successfully nabbed 13 runners this season, though injured lefty Nestor Cortes was responsible for four of them.

Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will play Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees on Saturday at 6:38 PM ET on Max. Witt had two hits in his previous game, going 2-for-5 with an RBI. The

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.