Ben Rice arguably saved the New York Yankees' season with a game-winning homer in the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night, and the team can't afford to bench him for a slumping Paul Goldschmidt anymore.

It had all the warning signs of a lost night for the Yankees north of the border, another addition in the making for their growing collection this year. An early lead had slipped away with defense having opened the door again,

The New York Yankees are predicted to make bold moves ahead of the July 31 trade deadline. One particularly daring move they could make is trading away breakout slugger Ben Rice.

All told, New York made four errors, its second-most errors in a game this season. And while Yankees captain Aaron Judge knows the club needs to tighten up its act defensively, he also feels very strongly about the possibility of the club embarking on a hot streak.

Ben Rice came through with the biggest swing of the season for the New York Yankees, launching what turned out to be a game-winning home run against the Toronto

A ninth-inning homer from Ben Rice lifts New York over Toronto in a tight battle at Rogers Centre.

If you told me in March that the Jays would be going into a pivotal series against the New York Yankees in July with a 58-41 record and three games up on them for the division, I’d have assumed you were talking about your most recent season on MLB The Show 25 with the ‘approved all trade offers’ button turned on.