The New York Yankees started off the season with the right foot, winning 4-1 in a rain-shortened game against the Washington Nationals, the reigning World Series champions.
Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton took nearly all the headlines, and with good reason. The former won by twirling five innings of one-run ball, while the latter uncorked a 459-foot home run off Max Scherzer, no less.
However, lost amid all the hoopla of Cole’s winning start was Tyler Wade’s performance. Let’s remember that Wade was supposed to be a utilityman, but the New York Yankees’ starting second baseman, DJ LeMahieu, went down with COVID-19 a few weeks ago.