It’s too bad Jesus Montero isn’t in the lineup for the Mariners this afternoon. Michael Pineda is making his second career start against his former team (two runs in six innings last month) but he has yet to face the player he was traded for in that January 2012 blockbuster. Can you believe this is already Pineda’s fourth season with the Yankees?
Anyway, the Yankees won the series opener last night and they’ve won five of their last six games overall. Their 4.5-game lead in the AL East is the largest division lead in baseball … and they also have the smallest leads over the third (4.