The Yankees got to take their first off-day of the year easy after demolishing the Giants on Opening Day, watching as the rest of the league got to take a shot at getting in the win column. In the AL East, everyone but Toronto jumped into action with the O’s and Sox winning to form a three-way tie atop the division — tune into the 161-game race to find out who can break that tie. New York will get back on the field today with a late afternoon game looking to make their first series of the year a win.
On the site today, Michael leads off with a preview of the loaded Triple-A roster that Scranton is rolling out ahead of their season debut, followed by Andrés tempering expectations to give Carlos Lagrange time to figure out his command in the minors. Matt delivers the first Rivalry Roundup of the year featuring Garrett Crochet blanking the Reds, Kento wishes Miller Huggins a happy birthday and gives him some flowers for guiding the franchise to their first peaks of success, and Peter breaks down your latest answers from our Reacts questions. Finally, I’ll come back around to answer this week’s mailbag questions.
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Today’s Matchup
New York Yankees at San Francisco Giants
Time: 4:35 p.m. EST
Video: YES Network, NBCS BA
Venue: Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA
Questions/Prompts:
1. Will we see the first Yankee homer of the year today, or will the hit parade continue to stay in the park?
2. What will Cam Schlittler’s stat line in his season debut be?
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