The field for the 2024 Major League Baseball postseason is set, and the Wild Card Series matchups and first-round byes are all decided. That means it's time to start looking forward to all the high-intensity baseball before us and start pondering which teams seem likely to make a deep run.

And the Yankees are peaking at the right time to make this October one to remember. After beating Baltimore 10-1 in the final game of the series, New York clinched the AL East, guaranteeing it a top spot heading into the playoffs. As one of the top teams in the MLB right now, the Yankees could use the confidence booster.

Given that the Yankees are currently three games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East with 12 games to go for both teams, the Yankees would need at least nine wins/Orioles' losses in order to finish the regular season with the same record as Baltimore. However, in that scenario, it is very likely that Baltimore would hold the tiebreaker.