Aaron Judge, a New York Yankees player, expressed concern about the team's recent struggles in closing out series and winning games. The team had a pregame chat about their difficulty in ending series and focusing on the future of their game. Despite sweeping 10 three-game sets and one two-game set last season, the 2025 team lost the final game of a potential sweep four times. This trend of late summer play has been noted, with Judge suggesting a need to fine-tune the details during the dog days of summer. Despite this, the team has only won three series of the season in three consecutive years.