So here we are, six games to go in the 2016 regular season and the Yankees are still not eliminated from a playoff spot. Even if it is only mathematically still alive, the fact they are still alive would not have been plausible back in July. Only two weeks removed from an eight game win streak, the team has struggled down the stretch. Putting off a Red Sox division clincher or even spoiling their chances at home field advantage may be what they are really playing for.