When the Yankees’ regular season schedule was revealed, I think everyone expected the A’s to be in last place when their trip to the Bronx rolled around. However, I don’t expect many thought the Yankees would be right there with them. A combination of injuries and poor play have consigned them to this position, but encouragingly they are coming off their best baseball in weeks despite having narrowly dropped a series to the Rays, and hopefully they can build more positive momentum starting tonight (and with Aaron Judge due back tomorrow).
Nestor Cortes gets the ball looking to bounce back from a pair of consecutive poor starts.