ATLANTA — After a nightmare start to the Yankees’ first game series back from the All-Star break, a lopsided loss and then a five-run deficit halfway in the next night, their weekend in Hotlanta turned into a good one. The Yankees used the momentum from Saturday night’s thrilling comeback win to take two of three from the Braves.

Entering Saturday’s game, the Yankees’ 120 wRC+ was the best in baseball. They lead MLB in home runs, walk percentage, isolated power, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wOBA. This offense is deadly enough to carry them to title No. 28.

The Yankees still have a shot to author history, to become the second team to ever dig out from a 3-0 hole in a postseason series, because of Volpe's swing in the third inning.

That’s why Grisham wasn’t in the Sunday’s lineup for the Yankees’ series finale against the Braves after he was a hero in Saturday night’s 12-9 comeback win with a tie-breaking grand slam in the ninth inning.

The New York Yankees will square off with the Philadelphia Phillies in an MLB matchup on Friday. This prediction is based on 10,000 simulations of the game.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees MLB game to be played on July 26, 2025 on ESPN.

The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees are back at Yankee Stadium on Saturday for Game 2 of their weekend series.