Last fall the Royals made a surprise run at the post-season, eventually falling in the ALDS to a historical post-season rival, the New York Yankees. While the Royals retained much of their post-season roster, the Yankees had a lot of churn this off-season, and will suit up just 13 players this week that were on the ALDS post-season roster last fall. Gone are slugger Juan Soto, infielder Gleyber Torres, outfielder Alex Verdugo, and relievers Tommy Kahnle and Clay Holmes, with injuries keeping Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil, Marcus Stroman, and Jake Cousins out of action.
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