Since 2002, it’s death, taxes and the New York Yankees winning a series against the Minnesota Twins. It didn’t matter that the Yankees were depleted and the Twins were in first place in the AL Central, that’s just the way it is, as Bruce Hornsby would sing. As you’ll read below, the Yankees were able to get some reinforcements back but would also lose a big piece, because of course, that’s how life works in 2019. In any event, it was a solid series victory which saw the Yankees take two of three from the Twins.
GAME 1
There were ups, namely Gary Sanchez going blast off, and downs, notably James Paxton going down and placed on the IL with an injury to his left knee, which will keep him out at least three weeks.