Nick Martinez looks to shut the door on the New York Yankees as Rays take 2-0 series lead

I love looking back at how expectations and years start, and then where they end up. There are four teams remaining in the American League right now, and I’d argue two of them were expected and the other two have defied the odds. Both were up 2-0 in their series coming into today. Now the Yankees face the Rays with their hopes of continuing the season on the line.

The Tampa Bay Rays have won both of the first games of the series, and both were very different games. In the first game, Drew...