The Yankees have officially clinched a postseason berth!

The Yankees have won tonight’s game against the Orioles (3-2) and they ended up clinching a Wild Card spot. Aaron Hicks won with a walk-off. They are officially Postseason bound.

Oh yes — it’s time to celebrate! Pop those champagne bottles! The Yankees are officially Postseason bound after a walk-off RBI-double by Aaron Hicks brought Didi Gregorius home to win the game, 3-2 in 11 innings.

Aaron Hicks has been beyond an impressive center fielder this year – making outstanding plays along with hitting .249 batting average with 26 home runs and 76 RBIs slashing .369/.468/.837.

So what if they didn’t clinch the AL East Division? I’ll take whatever I can get for the Yanks to head back to Postseason. I’m thrilled for them. It’s their seventh time in a Wild Card appearance.

Their next step? They need to make sure they clinch home-field advantage. No matter how many times I’ve said this in my previous articles – this is extremely crucial for the Yanks. They need to keep winning every game possible until they clinch home field.

They have one game left vs the Orioles (44-109)

Four games vs the Rays (86-67)

Three games vs the Red Sox.

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This is especially exciting for the rookies, Gleyber Torres’ and Miguel Andujar who have each had as big of an impact as anyone to help the team get to this point. And of course, NL reigning MVP Giancarlo Stanton. All three of them have never played in a postseason game. Stanton has been playing in the majors for eight years, and now he finally gets a chance to play in some truly meaningful games.

This marks the 54th Postseason berth for the Bombers which is an amazing milestone. Of course, the Yanks have to keep going with only eight games left.

The work hasn’t been finished yet, but officially being in the postseason is definitely something worth celebrating. This will help out Gleyber and Miguel as they will gain experience so it always helps them in the future. The same can be said for Judge, Sanchez, Sevy and the rest of the core who helped the team come one win away from making it to last year’s World Series.

This will be their second postseason appearance and the more experience, the better for them.

This is definitely going to be an exciting Wild Card game, and you know what’s even more satisfying? The fact that we get to watch more Yankees baseball.  As manager Aaron Boone told reporters tonight after the game:  “the job isn’t over yet.”