FORT MYERS, Fla. — One of the reasons Joe Girardi made the trip to see the Yankees face the Red Sox on Tuesday was to check in on Luis Cessa, who is competing to make this year’s rotation.
But there were other arms for the manager to keep an eye on, as well.
Both Chance Adams and Justus Sheffield made their major league spring training debuts and survived in a 5-4 win at JetBlue Park.
Adams, who surprised even the Yankees with his development a year ago from a former fifth-round pick in 2015 whom they had targeted for the bullpen and is now a potential starter, threw scoreless innings.