The Yankees have faded out of the postseason race and have little chance — FanGraphs has their postseason odds at 1.0% — of claiming the second wild-card spot. There are still 20 games to be played though, and that’s kinda weird. The Yankees have not played a whole lot of truly meaningless games these last few seasons, so this is a new experience for a lot of folks. They managed to stay in the race a little longer even last year, for example. Anyway, here is the Rays lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- DH Derek Jeter
- C Brian McCann
- 1B Mark Teixeira
- 3B Chase Headley
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- 2B Stephen Drew
- LF Chris Young
- SS Brendan Ryan
LHP Chris Capuano
It’s cool and the sky is gray in New York, but there is no rain in the forecast and that’s all that matters. Tonight’s game is scheduled to start just after 7pm ET and you can watch on YES. Enjoy.
Updates: Carlos Beltran (elbow) was scratched from the original lineup with soreness … Martin Prado (hamstring) and Frankie Cervelli (concussion) both took batting practice before the game. Prado may be available to pinch-hit but the Yankees don’t want to push it … Brett Gardner (abdomen) is at least another few days away from returning … Brandon McCarthy will start the first game of Friday’s doubleheader. The starter for the second game is TBA and it will likely be a September call-up heavy bullpen game.
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