One night after Masahiro Tanaka suffered his first regular season loss in nearly two years, the Yankees are giving the ball to rookie Chase Whitley for his second MLB start. It’s his 16th career start overall, which shows you how desperate the team is for pitching right now. Whitley was solid his first time out but he clearly ran out of gas in the fifth inning. Expect to see another few innings of bullpen this afternoon.
The Cubbies will have lowercase-a ace Jeff Samardzija on the bump in what is essentially a firsthand audition for the Yankees. They need pitching and, with Cliff Lee’s elbow acting up, Samardzija figures to be the best available starter at the trade deadline. This start won’t change his trade value much (unless he gets hurt), and if you’re trying to figure out what it’ll take to land him, just look at last summer’s Matt Garza trade and adjust up a bit. Here is the Cubs lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- SS Derek Jeter
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- 1B Mark Teixeira
- C Brian McCann
- 3B Yangervis Solarte
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- 2B Brian Roberts
- RHP Chase Whitley
It’s cloudy and on the cool side in Chicago, but there is no rain in the forecast. They won’t be playing through rain drops like last night. This afternoon’s game is scheduled to begin at 2:20pm ET. You can watch live on YES locally and MLB Network nationally, depending on where you live. Enjoy the game.
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