As if the Yankees needed to find another gutting way to lose, New York squandered both Aaron Judge’s return and a gem from Gerrit Cole last night. It’s obviously only one game, but the Yankees with Judge felt an awful lot like the Yankees without him, and Clarke Schmidt will be under a lot of pressure to produce tonight with the offense still sleepwalking.
We’ve got a loaded day on the site for you ahead of tonight’s game. You can start off with Matt’s review of last night’s AL action, as well as Noah’s profile of fire-balling reliever Jordan Hicks as a trade candidate.