{
  "id": 7376927,
  "title": "Yankees overwhelmingly voted as 'team to beat' in AL by MLB executives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/yankees-overwhelmingly-voted-as-team-to-beat-in-al-by-mlb-executives",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T18:51:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yankees-overwhelmingly-voted-team-beat-185145238.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The New York Yankees have been overwhelmingly voted as the team to beat in the American League by 16 MLB executives, according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers. Despite not being fully healthy this season due to injuries, the Yankees' roster is considered capable of competing against any other team in baseball. Their pitching staff, led by Max Fried, Gerrit Cole, and Carlos Rodon, is also highly regarded. Offensively, Aaron Judge and several other players are contributing to an elite lineup. The Yanks received more than 50% of the total vote, with the next closest team, the Tampa Bay Rays, receiving only a quarter of that.",
  "summary": "The results from this ESPN poll make it clear the Yankees are the top AL team.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}