So the first two games of this important series against the Twins have gone well. The Yankees won both and are now a season high 17 games over .500. It’s the first time they’ve been 17 games over .500 since late in the 2015 season. Also, the Yankees are now six games up on the Twins for the first wildcard spot and 7.5 games up on the Angels for a wildcard spot in general. Pretty cool.
On the mound going for the sweep this afternoon is Luis Severino, who wasn’t going to make this start originally. The Yankees shifted gears a day or two ago. Why? Because hiding Severino from the Twins until the Wild Card Game is overrated — he’s faced lots of team multiple times this year and it hasn’t seemed to help anyone — and, more importantly, they want to be able to start him in Game 162 if the division is winnable. Focus on today though. Get the sweep and bury the Twins. Here is the Twins’ lineup and here is the Yankees’ lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- RF Aaron Judge
- C Gary Sanchez
- SS Didi Gregorius
- 2B Starlin Castro
- DH Matt Holliday
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- 3B Todd Frazier
- 1B Greg Bird
RHP Luis Severino
It is cloudy and windy yet again in New York today. Par for the course these days. Fortunately there is no rain in the forecast. At least nothing heavy. This afternoon’s series finale will begin at 1:05pm ET and you’ll be able to watch on YES locally and ESPN nationally. Afternoon game on ESPN? Huh. Anyway, enjoy the game.
Injury Updates: Aaron Hicks (oblique) is heading to Tampa to get at-bats in Instructional League. That is the only place to get at-bats now aside from the big leagues. The hope is he’ll return sometime next week … Adam Warren (back) threw a bullpen session today. He’ll throw another in the coming days and, if deemed necessary, he’ll pitch in a simulated game after that.
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