Yankees at all levels have to learn certain baseball maxims. The one the SI Yankees learned this year was that it’s hard to win a short series when you waste a great start by your best pitcher.
Staten Island was defeated by the Hudson Valley Renegades 2-1 when the Tampa Bay Rays No. 3 prospect, LHP Brendan McKay, threw five innings of shutout ball back on September 12th.
But it didn’t have to be that way. Staten Island got a gem of a pitching performance in the first game. And it wasn’t a surprise as it came from their top pitcher, let alone player, RHP Jorge Guzman.