The Yankees are in the second leg of their two-day trip to Florida’s east coast — most of the guys went out to dinner last night — and today they’ll take on the Mets in Port St. Lucie. It’s the battle of New York, or something like that. Grapefruit League bragging rights are on the line here.
Anyway, Ivan Nova is one of the few regulars on the trip and he’s getting the start this afternoon. More importantly, right-hander James Kaprielian will be coming out of the bullpen. Kaprielian was last year’s first round pick and this will be his first (only?) spring outing on television. Hooray for that. Here is the Mets’ lineup and here is the Yankees’ lineup:
- SS Didi Gregorius
- LF Aaron Hicks
- 3B Chase Headley
- 2B Dustin Ackley
- C Gary Sanchez
- DH Chris Parmelee
- 1B Deibinson Romero
- RF Cesar Puello
- LF Dustin Fowler
RHP Ivan Nova
Available Pitchers: RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Johnny Barbato, RHP Nick Goody, RHP Branden Pinder, and RHP Mark Montgomery are all scheduled to pitch. LHP Jacob Lindgren, LHP James Pazos, LHP Richard Bleier, and RHP Tyler Cloyd are also available if necessary. Guess they drew the short straws and had to make the four-hour bus trip even though they aren’t scheduled to pitch.
Available Position Players: C Kyle Higashioka, 1B Sebastian Valle, 2B Ronald Torreyes, SS Jorge Mateo, 3B Rob Refsnyder, LF Jonathan Diaz, CF Lane Adams, RF Aaron Judge, and DH Austin Romine will be the second string off the bench. C Francisco Diaz, IF Tyler Wade, OF Ben Gamel, and OF Slade Heathcott are the extra players.
Nice afternoon for baseball at Tradition Field. A little cloudy but the temperature is going to hover right around 80 and there’s plenty of sunshine. There is no YES broadcast for today’s game, but it will be on SNY locally and MLB Network nationally. And MLB.tv everywhere. No MLB.tv blackouts in Spring Training. Enjoy the game.
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