Opening Day feels like a long time ago, doesn’t it? Nearly 51 hours will pass between the final pitch of Game One and the first pitch of Game Two. The good news is the wait is over, and the Yankees have a chance tonight to erase the bad taste left in everyone’s mouth by their (sixth straight!) Opening Day loss. The Yankees have won their last two Game Twos, you know. Think positive thoughts.
Year two of the CC Sabathia renaissance tour begins tonight. Sabathia had a poor Spring Training because he always has a poor Spring Training. Only once in the last six years did he have a sub-5.00 ERA during Grapefruit League play, and that was 2014. That year he had a 1.29 ERA during the spring and a 5.28 ERA during the regular season. So yeah. Whatever your thoughts on spring numbers, Sabathia has to be better tonight than Masahiro Tanaka was Sunday. Here is the Rays’ lineup and here is the Yankees’ lineup:
- CF Brett Gardner
- C Gary Sanchez
- 1B Greg Bird
- DH Matt Holliday
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- 2B Starlin Castro
- 3B Chase Headley
- RF Aaron Judge
- SS Ronald Torreyes
LHP CC Sabathia
The internet tells me it is hot and humid in Florida, and that is basically the worst kind of weather. It’ll be a climate controlled 72-ish degrees inside Tropicana Field. Tonight’s game will begin at 7:10pm ET and you can watch on YES. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Didi Gregorius (shoulder) started his throwing program today. That’s the first step in his road back.
Pitching Update: Jordan Montgomery and Chad Green will both pitch for High-A Tampa on Thursday. That keeps them lined up for April 16th, the first day the Yankees need a fifth starter. Montgomery was scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Scranton and Green for Double-A Trenton that day, but the weather forecast isn’t looking too great, and they want to make sure those guys get their work in.
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