In the Yankees home opener, Michael Pineda came up huge. In a start reminiscent of when he struck out 16 batters on Mother's Day two years ago, Pineda dominated the Rays and had Yankee Stadium about as loud as it has been in recent years. He carried a perfect game into the seventh and struck out eleven batters while walking none in one of the best outings of his life.
Some might look for broad, sweeping changes that helped Pineda shrug off a rough first start, and frankly, a rough past year and a half or so.