Record Last Week: 5-1 (32 RS, 25 RA)
Season Record: 55-42 (450 RS, 416 RA, 52-45 pythag. record) 6.5 games up in ALE
Opponents This Week: @ Rangers (four games, Mon. to Thurs.), @ White Sox (three games, Fri. to Sun.)
Top stories from last week:
- The week started with an off-day, then the Orioles came to the Bronx for a three-game series. Brendan Ryan gave the Yankees a 3-2 win on Tuesday with a late-inning double. They won Wednesday’s game 4-3 before blowing the O’s out in Thursday’s 9-3 win to finish the sweep.
- The Yankees traveled to Minnesota next, and the Twins blew them out 10-1 on Friday. Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in Saturday’s 8-5 win and Nathan Eovaldi dominated in Sunday’s 7-2 win.
- Injury Update: Slade Heathcott (quad) has started a minor league rehab assignment. Mason Williams (shoulder) traveled to Tampa to continue his rehab. Aaron Judge (unknown) returned to the Triple-A lineup yesterday after missing about a week.
- Trade deadline targets Johnny Cueto (Royals) and Scott Kazmir (Astros) were both traded last week. The Yankees are expected to listen to offers for Gary Sanchez and they’re seeking a righty bat and a righty reliever.
- Nick Goody was called up and Branden Pinder was sent down last week. Brian Cashman confirmed Vicente Campos will likely be re-added to the 40-man roster in the offseason as long as he stays healthy.
- The Dodgers will come to Yankee Stadium for an interleague series next year according to the 2016 preliminary schedule.
- Hal Steinbrenner said Derek Jeter will eventually return to the team in some capacity.
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