Even though the 2019 Yankees have been mostly frustrating, they have won three of their last four games and four of their last six games, and that ain’t bad. Could be better, obviously, but it could be worse too. The Yankees will try to continue their little roll this afternoon and get back to .500.
“When we get our guys back, I think we’ll start rolling,” CC Sabathia told Dan Martin following last night’s win. “It’s the attitude you take as you go through adversity. When you get back to full strength, you’re that much better.”
Like Homer Bailey two days ago and Jake Junis last night, the Yankees are facing a pitcher they should get to today. Bailey shut them down. Junis definitely did not. Heath Fillmyer? Let’s hope we’re not talking about the Yankees looking lifeless six innings into this one. Here are today’s lineups:
New York Yankees
1. 2B DJ LeMahieu
2. RF Aaron Judge
3. 1B Luke Voit
4. SS Gleyber Torres
5. LF Clint Frazier
6. DH Mike Ford
7. 3B Gio Urshela
8. C Austin Romine
9. CF Mike Tauchman
RHP Masahiro Tanaka
Kansas City Royals
1. 2B Whit Merrifield
2. SS Adalberto Mondesi
3. LF Alex Gordon
4. 3B Hunter Dozier
5. 1B Ryan O’Hearn
6. RF Jorge Soler
7. DH Lucas Duda
8. C Cam Gallagher
9. CF Billy Hamilton
RHP Heath Fillmyer
It is a dreary and rainy day in New York. The rain stopped earlier this morning and it’s not coming back, so they should have no trouble playing today. It just won’t be the most picturesque afternoon. Today’s game will begin at 1:05pm ET and you can watch on the YES Network locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Gary Sanchez (calf) will play a minor league rehab game Monday, and if all goes well, he’ll rejoin the Yankees in Anaheim on Wednesday. Triple-A Scranton will be in Rochester and Double-A Trenton will be in New Hampshire, so Gary’s going to get stuck traveling somewhere for that rehab game Monday … Brett Gardner is fine. Just a veteran getting a day game after a night game off … I looked it up and in case you’re wondering, Torres is the only Yankee to play every inning of every game this year. (Judge got a few innings off at the end of the blowout win in Baltimore.)