The Yankees are finally (finally!) out of Florida. They’d been stuck in the Tampa area for all but one day since Spring Training started in mid-February. Now they’re in Baltimore for a three-game weekend series with the Orioles. After that, it’s back to the Bronx for the first homestand of the season. Can’t wait. I’ve thoroughly missed baseball at Yankee Stadium.
Tonight Luis Severino will made his first start of the season, and I think this much is true: barring injury, he’ll make 25-30 starts this season. I just don’t know how many will be in MLB and how many will be in Triple-A. Severino was very bad as a starter last season and he didn’t exactly wow anyone in camp either. Hopefully he takes it to another level during the regular season. Here is the Orioles’ lineup and here is the Yankees’ lineup:
- LF 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
RHP Luis Severino
Not the greatest weather in Baltimore today. It rained earlier in the afternoon and it’s cold and cloudy now, but at least the rain stopped. They shouldn’t have any trouble getting the game in tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET and you can watch on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Bird is nursing a nagging right ankle injury, according to Bryan Hoch. He fouled a pitch off the ankle during the final week of Spring Training and has been icing it heavily since. Obviously it’s not bad enough to keep him out of the lineup though.
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