The Yankees deserve credit for grinding out a 6-5 win over the Royals in Game 1 of the American League Division Series but the victory left a lot of open questi

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.

"I feel like I kind of take full responsibility if the team I'm on doesn't seal the deal,'' Aaron Judge said. "Then I feel that it's on me that it didn't happen."

Critics have claimed that Aaron Judge has adjourned far too often during recent New York Yankees playoff runs. The decorated outfielder is well-aware of such a narrative, addressing the concerns as the Yankees prepared for Saturday's American League Division Series opener against the Kansas City Royals (6:30 p.

Aaron Judge’s list of regular-season accomplishments and brushes with history has grown longer than a CVS receipt. But the Yankees captain would likely crumple them up like one of those receipts and throw it in the trash in exchange for the one big thing missing from his résumé: a ring.

Yankee careers are historically made and destroyed in the postseason and there has been no bigger opportunity for Aaron Judge to cement his legacy than the one right in front of him.