Yankees try to make up ground with set vs. Rays

The New York Yankees have plenty of ground to make up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East standings.

A good time to start would be Friday night in the opener of a three-game series in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Despite having the second-highest payroll in the majors, the Yankees enterthe series last in the division, nine games behind the MLB-best Rays, who have the 28th-ranked payroll.

"We have time to make up