{"id":298148,"date":"2026-07-16T22:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298148\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:08:42","slug":"yankees-open-second-half-with-dodgers-test-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298148\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Open Second Half With Dodgers Test In The Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-09t024916z_788087739_mt1usatoday29155416_rtrmadp_3_mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardia.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardians-8\" wpb-att-id=\"473470\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-09t024916z_788087739_mt1usatoday29155416_rtrmadp_3_mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardia.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardians-8\" wpb-att-id=\"473470\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-09t024916z_788087739_mt1usatoday29155416_rtrmadp_3_mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardia.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mlb-new-york-yankees-at-cleveland-guardians-8\" wpb-att-id=\"473470\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featuredImageCaption\">Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>(Bronx, NY) \u2013 The Yankees begin the second half with an immediate measuring-stick series, hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium as the trade deadline and playoff race move into focus.<\/p>\n<p>New York enters the break at 54-42, still positioned for October but facing questions about health, depth and how aggressive the front office should be before the deadline. The Dodgers arrive with baseball\u2019s best record and one of the league\u2019s most dangerous road offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The series should give the Yankees a quick read on where the roster stands against an elite opponent. It also comes at a moment when every injury update and bullpen inning can shape deadline decisions.<\/p>\n<p>A strong weekend would steady the Yankees before a difficult late-July schedule. A rough one would add urgency to a front office already weighing upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images (Bronx, NY) \u2013 The Yankees begin the second half with an immediate measuring-stick series,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-298148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}