{"id":778689,"date":"2026-08-14T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/778689\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:06:18","slug":"yankees-open-toronto-series-against-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/778689\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Open Toronto Series Against Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-13t021303z_1623099637_mt1usatoday29570738_rtrmadp_3_mlb-seattle-mariners-at-new-york-yankees.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mlb-seattle-mariners-at-new-york-yankees-3\" wpb-att-id=\"480849\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-13t021303z_1623099637_mt1usatoday29570738_rtrmadp_3_mlb-seattle-mariners-at-new-york-yankees.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mlb-seattle-mariners-at-new-york-yankees-3\" wpb-att-id=\"480849\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featuredImageCaption\">Aug 12, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) and relief pitcher Yerry de Los Santos (73) celebrate after defeating the Seattle Mariners during the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>(Toronto, Ontario) \u2013 The Yankees are in Toronto Friday night to open a three-game weekend series against the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>First pitch is set for 7:15 p.m. Eastern, followed by a 3:07 p.m. game Saturday and a 1:37 p.m. finale Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The series gives New York another division test in mid-August, with every game carrying extra weight as the American League race tightens.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees will look to control the opener and avoid playing from behind against a Blue Jays lineup that can turn a game quickly at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 12, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) and relief pitcher Yerry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[5,4,1690,62,2548,2547,142],"class_list":["post-778689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-yankees","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkyankees","tag-yankees"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117095195505477841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}