NEW YORK — An eventual Saturday at Yankee Stadium included the debut of new outfielder Andrew McCutchen, the return of catcher Gary Sanchez and, most importantly, a 2-1 Yankees win over the Detroit Tigers.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman’s pre-game interview, one in which he answered questions for 21 minutes, also was interesting.
After Cashman initially detailing how Thursday night’s trade with the San Francisco Giants for McCutchen developed and was finalized, he went over issues such as slumping first baseman Greg Bird, Aaron Judge and Aroldis Chapman’s ongoing DL stints and the surprising decision to give lefty reliever Stephen Tarpley a first big-league call-up on Sept.