It is the Rays persistently ahead of them in the AL East and the Red Sox narrowing the gap from behind.
It is 16 years and counting since the last visit to the Canyon of Heroes.
It is an elite rotation threatening to go to waste.
This has shaped up as a walls closing in on Brian Cashman this trade deadline. Lots of pressure points, lots of needs, lots of reasons to go for it, yet a marketplace that basically has U-turned away from the Yankees.
