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Yankees: Is JA Happ About to Get the Jacoby Ellsbury Treatment?

New York Yankees starter JA Happ (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

JA Happ’s first start of the season didn’t go well against the Baltimore Orioles.

The New York Yankees didn’t trot JA Happ out to the mound until Thursday night — which was a full week into the season — due to everything getting pushed back after the series against the Phillies was postponed because of the Marlins COVID-19 outbreak.

Happ seemingly had a layup — a 2020 season debut against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, where the Yankees absolutely rake.

Well, the left-hander was given a 5-0 cushion after a monster first inning capped by a Luke Voit grand slam, but he couldn’t take full advantage.