The New York Yankees, facing a gauntlet of Houston, Toronto, Detroit and Boston, could've seen their season end in mid-September. The damage was done to the Yankees by the Yankees throughout the regular season. - at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, spanning both Boston's run of competence and Boston's lowest moment. But the less-than-ideal bracket reveal falls only on your team's shouldersYankees Wild Card Round Opponent Revealed: Oh, boy, it's the Red Sox in the playoffsYes, there were plenty of moments when the playoffs were far from assured. The Yankees were 12 games up on the Red Sox, at one point, then fell three behind them, only to clinch the No.