You know what the Yankees could use tonight? A blowout win. Been a while since they had one of those. I’m talking about a real laugher, not a “they won by five runs” blowout. Score three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the third … that sorta thing. Then turn it over to the September call-ups and let them take care of the rest. That would be ideal tonight. And every night, really.
In the (likely) event that doesn’t happen, the Yankees will still have J.A. Happ on the mound tonight, and he’s been pretty great since the trade. Seven starts and a 3.10 ERA in 40.2 innings? Couldn’t have asked for anything more. Happ’s been great and I hope he’s great again tonight. Hopefully the offense gives him a lot of run support too. Here are the starting lineups:
New York Yankees
1. RF Andrew McCutchen
2. CF Aaron Hicks
3. 3B Miguel Andujar
4. DH Giancarlo Stanton
5. SS Didi Gregorius
6. C Gary Sanchez
7. 1B Greg Bird
8. 2B Gleyber Torres
9. LF Brett Gardner
LHP J.A. Happ
Minnesota Twins
1. 1B Joe Mauer
2. SS Jorge Polanco
3. 2B Logan Forsythe
4. RF Robbie Grossman
5. C Mitch Garver
6. DH Willians Astudillo
7. CF Jake Cave
8. LF Johnny Field
9. 3B Gregorio Petit
RHP Kyle Gibson
Clear skies and kinda humid in Minneapolis this evening. There’s no rain in the forecast though and that’s all that matters to me. Tonight’s series opener will begin at 8:10pm ET and you can watch on YES locally and MLB Network out-of-market. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Aaron Judge (wrist) took full on-field batting practice this afternoon. First time he’s done that. Everything went well. “Kind of a typical Aaron Judge BP. Putting on a show. It went really well. Another big step for him to get out on the field,” said Aaron Boone … Luke Voit has a stiff back and is day-to-day. He is available tonight if necessary, but it sounds like the Yankees hope to give him tonight and possibly tomorrow night off.
Minor League Update: There won’t be a DotF post again tonight, folks. There are no games on the schedule. Triple-A Scranton opens the best-of-five International League Championship Series against Durham (Rays) tomorrow night. The season is over for all the other affiliates. Domingo German is getting the Game One start for the RailRiders tomorrow.