The season is only 36 games old and already the Yankees have had three players make their MLB debuts (Johnny Barbato, Luis Cessa, Ben Gamel). Tonight will feature their fourth MLB debut of the season as right-hander Chad Green gets the spot start in place of the injured Luis Severino. Green came from the Tigers with Cessa in the Justin Wilson trade over the winter.
What do you need to know about Green? Well, he’ll turn 25 next week, he was an 11th round pick out of Louisville in 2013, and he had a 1.22 ERA (2.12 FIP) in seven starts and 37 innings for Triple-A Scranton before being called up. Green is a low-90s sinker/low-80s slider/low-80s splitter guy. He’s credited the Yankees with helping him improve the slider, leading to that success in Triple-A this year.
So that’s the crash course on tonight’s starter. As for the Yankees overall, they are coming off a fantastic 7-3 homestand and tonight they begin a seven-game West Coast trip in Arizona. The bullpen figures to be short tonight, especially in the late innings. The deeper Green can pitch into the game, the better his chances of getting a W. Here is the Diamondbacks’ lineup and here is the Yankees’ lineup:
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- 2B Starlin Castro
- 1B Mark Teixeira
- RF Carlos Beltran
- 3B Chase Headley
- LF Aaron Hicks
- SS Didi Gregorius
- C Austin Romine
- RHP Chad Green
Pretty standard “Phoenix in May” weather in Phoenix today: low-90s and sunny. The Chase Field roof will be open, apparently. Tonight’s game will begin at 9:40pm ET and you can watch on YES. Enjoy the game, assuming you’re planning to stay up.
Injury Updates: Alex Rodriguez (hamstring) took batting practice and did some running. Joe Girardi said the plan is to activate A-Rod off the DL on Thursday, the first day he is eligible to return … CC Sabathia (groin) will come off the DL and start Friday, Girardi confirmed. That’s the first day he is eligible to be activated. Ivan Nova will start Thursday on normal rest.
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