With Paxton trade, Yanks all in on staff upgrade

When it was all on the line for the Yankees in the postseason — when they were even with the Red Sox at 1-1 in the American League Division Series and back home at Yankee Stadium, where they had won seven straight playoff games dating back to the 2017 AL Wild Card Game victory over the Twins — the Sox had better starting pitching, and the Yanks couldn’t make it out of the first round a year after coming within one victory of the World Series.