For all their bluster, the Yankees have not beaten a team with a superior record since April 12

It's one thing to cuff around runner-up walking roach motels like Toronto and Tampa, but when will the Yankees start whacking teams with better records? 

They haven't beaten a team above them in the standings since game five - April 12, 2022 - when we topped the BJs, who were 3-1 on the season. 

At the risk of riling the juju gods - the sad, immortal deities who have been relegated to an eternity of fixing scores and tweaking gonads - here are some more hubris-laden cluckings from the Yankiverse:

1. The windsock calculating wonk-site, FiveThirtyEight, now projects the Yankees with a 99 percent chance of making the playoffs, a 95 percent shot of winning the division, and 23 percent at taking the world series. 

Dr. Oz would have already declared victory. 

Here's one for the empiricists: If this team somehow blows the AL East, there is a 99 percent chance I will shoot my TV. 

2. For those of you scoring at home, the Yankees' magic number for winning the division is...  91. For taking the last wild card slot, it is... 69. 

Could we clinch a post-season birth (edited, see comments) berth before the Aug. 1 trade deadline?

3. The Yankees are on pace to win 122 games, six higher than the previous all-time record. They would enter the playoffs carrying on their backs the largest bullseye in history. 

4. If the Yankees go .500 the rest of the season (which would enrage us, of course), they would finish with 97 wins. Last year, only Tampa (100) won more.

5. The Yankees now have a 10-page lead in the NYC tabloids back-cover race. 

Happy Fathers' Day, everybody. Game time is 1:37 p.m. 

Now, let's see if the Yankees can avoid disappointing their dads.