Take note of the starting time. RHP - Masahiro Tanaka, (4-3 3.94 ERA) VS. RHP - Jesse Chavez, (4-8 3.20 ERA) NOTE: Tanaka has allowed 14 runs in his last 3 outings & hasn't made it past the 6th inning, but the right insists that he feels fine. Lineups to follow.....
I'm just hoping they can get the game in this afternoon, it was raining earlier this morning & is currently overcast now.
I believe Chavez pretty much shut the Yanks down when he faced them in Oakland. Time for some Yankee home cooking and it's always important to see if Tanaka has his stuff and health going well.
Today's Lineup........... CF - Ellsbury LF - Gardner DH - Teixeira C - McCann 1B - Jones SS - Gregorius RF - Young 2B - Drew 3B - Figueroa Anyone know anything about this kid Figueroa?
Went to the lineup, clicked on Figueroas name , found his career stats. Currently a 28 year old infielder, came up in '08, did 3 to 4 seasons in the Rays Durham Team. Now with Scranton, called up, as my sister would say to Cashman "Boy you sure can pick 'em".
Now if only accidentally on purpose someone could hit Drew in the shin with a fastball during warm ups.
BUYER BEWARE! It's beginning to look like the Yankees could be stuck with another long term wasted contract every year. I hope I'm wrong.