The quick three-game road trip is over — when’s the last time the Yankees had a three-game road trip? — and the Yankees are back in the Bronx for a six-game homestand against the teams with the two worst records in baseball. Four against the Royals (31-70), then an off-day Monday, then two against the Orioles (29-73).
The Yankees are 8-8 this season against the three current place teams in the AL (O’s, Royals, Rangers) and there’s nothing they can do about that now. Those games are in the bank. All they can do is take care of business going forward. This homestand is a great opportunity to beat up on some bad teams and rack up some wins. One game at a time though. Here are the starting lineups:
New York Yankees
1. LF Brett Gardner
2. DH Aaron Judge
3. SS Didi Gregorius
4. RF Giancarlo Stanton
5. CF Aaron Hicks
6. 2B Gleyber Torres
7. 1B Greg Bird
8. 3B Neil Walker
9. C Austin Romine
RHP Sonny Gray
Kansas City Royals
1. 2B Whit Merrifield
2. RF Rosell Herrera
3. 3B Mike Moustakas
4. C Salvador Perez
5. 1B Lucas Duda
6. DH Jorge Bonifacio
7. LF Alex Gordon
8. CF Brian Goodwin
9. SS Adalberto Mondesi
RHP Jacob Junis
It is a bit cloudy in New York this evening but there is no rain in the forecast, and that’s all that matters. Tonight’s game will begin at 7:05pm ET and you can watch on WPIX locally and MLB Network out-of-market. Enjoy the ballgame.
J.A. Happ Update: In case you missed it earlier, the Yankees traded Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney to the Blue Jays for Happ this afternoon. It’s a done deal. Happ is on schedule to start Saturday, though Aaron Boone said they’re probably going to push him back a day or two just to give him some time to get settled in. Makes sense.
Roster Moves: Zach Britton is with the Yankees and is active tonight. They already had an open 40-man roster spot, and Luis Cessa was sent down to make room on the 25-man roster Also, Britton is wearing his usual No. 53. Third base coach Phil Nevin will change numbers, if you care about such things … Shane Robinson was called up to replace Drury. He takes his 25-man and 40-man roster spots. Robinson played in Triple-A Scranton’s doubleheader this afternoon. Assuming he gets to the ballpark in time, he could play in two Triple-A games and one MLB game in the same day. That’d be neat. Anyway, the Yankees will have to make another move to get Happ on the 25-man roster in the coming days. No 40-man move is required because he’ll take McKinney’s spot.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.