NEW YORK — Bobby Witt Jr. sounded like a postseason vet as he fielded questions from reporters in the press conference room at Yankee Stadium on Friday. The 24-year-old was one sleep away from the biggest test of his young career — a showdown with the Yankees in his American League Division Series debut — and he was saying all the right things.

Happy to be on track for an AL Division Series matchup against the Yankees, Bobby Witt Jr. streamed YouTube on the train ride from Baltimore to New York to watch some Derek Jeter highlights of postsea

The Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees will begin the American League Division Series on Saturday. Bobby Witt Jr and the Royals swept the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Series to set up the matchup.

The New York Yankees are now hours away from Game 1 of their ALDS series against the Kansas City Royals. Given that the Yankees haven't played a game in six days as they awaited the AL Wild Card round to play out,

Before the Yankees swing into the postseason in the American League Division Series, New York manager Aaron Boone downplayed the magnitude of the moment in front of slugger Juan Soto.

When the Yankees first acquired Juan Soto from the Padres over the offseason, Brian Cashman said he understood that the slugger’s time in pinstripes could be a “short-term” situation. However, the Yankees hoped that a year in pinstripes would convince Soto,