Yankees have the worst record out of all the remaining playoff teams, so even if they make the World Series, their home games would be Oct. 27-29, giving plenty of time to convert in time for Nov. 1 as long as we hold onto the 2-seed.
So now the tinfoil hat says that Garber sees that the Yankees are doing well so we need to be the 2nd seed to avoid any other scheduling conflict.
New England gets red card within the first 30 minutes.