Longtime Yankees reporter and author of ‘The Franchise: New York Yankees – A Curated History of the Bronx Bombers” discusses the Yankees season to date and their historic win-pace, Aaron Judge’s MVP-type performance, the Yankees shopping list at the deadline, and how their needs are similar to the Blue Jays’ (4:30). Sportsnet’s Caleb Joseph tries to make sense of Kevin Gausman’s recent struggles (26:22). To end the show, Jeff and Kevin discuss just how close Justin Verlander was to signing with Toronto in the offseason along with an abbreviated version of “Barker’s Back Leg Bits” (42:10).

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