Will the series have a different feel with the teams slumping simultaneously? “Not really,” Aaron Judge said. “Struggling, playing good, we’ve got two good ballclubs, that’s what it comes down to. We’re going to see each other at some point during the year,

May, it was easy to envision Subway Series fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend. The Yankees had just taken two of three from the Mets in a hard-fought series in the Bronx, and both teams exited with leads in their respective divisions.