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If Cole gets burned in a tiebreaker and forces Taillon, Nestor Cortes Jr., or Jordan Montgomery into a WC matchup, that’d be less than ideal. There are worse outcomes in the world than using Cole in a winner-take-all game, and it’s now clear Boone will do whatever it takes to make that happen, whether it’s Game 162 or a one-game playoff.

Nobody wants to be in the Wild Card Game when the season opens - especially not the New York Yankees, who weren’t built for this. The Yankees have moved Gerrit Cole around in their rotation. So Cole would be lined up to pitch the middle game in Toronto the following Wednesday, then would either be on 5 days rest for the Wild Card Game, or could be on 3 days rest in an emergency Game 162 if needed Instead, assuming all goes well, Cole will pitch Sunday, Friday, then in any number of important end-of-season tiebreakers, Wild Card showdowns, and the like. The Bombers have their first off day in weeks on Thursday, but they won’t be using it to give Cole an extra breather, bumping him back to Saturday and keeping the rotation aligned. The Yankees announced on Sunday afternoon that Cole will start Friday’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, which means the team is officially going off turn to maximize the number of times their ace appears in September.

Manager Aaron Boone seems to be acutely aware that he’s probably coaching for his job, and though injuries have laid waste to his rotation all year long, especially in recent weeks ( Gerrit Cole’s hammy, Jameson Taillon, Luis Severino’s stop-and-start rehab), Boone is pressing his most powerful button down the stretch run. The New York Yankees have been edged out in the Wild Card Race, and as mentally checked out as the team’s fans might be, the guys in that locker room are not giving up.