TAMPA -- There are no favorites for the openings in the Yankees' starting rotation, manager Joe Girardi has been saying, and while I don't totally buy it, this five-righties-or-two-spots competition is at the very least wide open.
For the first time, I'm starting to wonder if this crapshoot can get exciting.
Aaron Judge touched them all - and then some - in the Yankees' Grapefruit League opener Friday, February 24, 2017 (2/24/17) vs. the Philadelphia Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.
Spring training success builds hope, and that's what two of the starting contenders gave Yankees fans on Friday in a 9-4 Grapefruit League-opening win over the Phillies.