Just under 24 hours ago, Andrew Benintendi was getting ready to travel with the Royals for a four-game series in Yankee Stadium. He still made the trip, but he did so to bat leadoff in his Yankees debut against his former team. The Yanks wasted no time throwing him right into the mix.
A game that was supposed to be about the Yankees’ newest acquisition turned into a coming-out party for another Royals pitcher, tonight’s starter Brady Singer. An overall strikeout fest ensued that few would have expected in a Jameson Taillon-Brady Singer duel, but in the end, Aaron Judge stole the show.