Yankees schedule offers Wild-Card hope

It’s more than just a possibility that the Yankees could claim one of the two Wild-Card playoff spots. They actually have one of the easier schedules of the teams in the hunt.

Heading into Friday’s game against the Padres, the Yankees are 3.5 games out of the second Wild-Card spot. Texas and Baltimore are tied at a half-game behind the Indians and the Rays are four games up in the Wild-Card race and have their sites set on the AL East.

But while the Yankees are the farthest away of those five teams, their schedule is relatively favorable.

Here’s how each of the quintet’s final two months are set to play out:

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