Game Thread: New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers 6/10

Friday night baseball in the Bronx and it should be a good one as the New York Yankees stay home this weekend to play host to Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers. These two teams have had some bitter battles over the past few seasons and the Yankees have always played the Tigers tough even when on paper and in the standings Detroit was the better team. I expect no less out of the boys tonight as they send CC Sabathia to the mound to face off with Mike Pelfrey. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Yankee Stadium and can be seen on WPIX Channel 11 and MLB TV.

Three more games this weekend in the Bronx before an off day on Monday and a trip to Colorado to face off with the Rockies early next week. Click the Yankees Tickets link at the top of the blog to see any of these games live this weekend including Tanaka Day tomorrow evening. Also be sure to give us a follow on your favorite social media site whether it be Facebook, search The Greedy Pinstripes, or Twitter, @GreedyStripes.

CC going for five consecutive strong starts, let’s watch. Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers 6/10

The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers will kick off a three game weekend set tonight in the Bronx just in time for the organization to wrap up their annual HOPE Week festivities. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all these great stories and great signs of charity and hope this week and I truly wish every week could be HOPE Week. Anyway, before I get too far off topic like I tend to be able to do, the Yankees will kick start their series tonight in the Bronx by sending CC Sabathia to the mound to face off with the Tigers starter and former New York Mets product Mike Pelfrey.

Sabathia will make his fifth start tonight since coming off the disabled list with a left groin strain and will look to continue his recent stretch of dominance in those starts. In that period Sabathia has posted a meager 1.13 ERA and has now allowed more than two runs in any of the four games, a trend that needs to continue tonight against a tough Detroit offense.

Pelfrey heads into this start fresh off earning his first victory as a member of the Tigers last time out against the Chicago White Sox. In that start Pelfrey lasted six innings allowing just two runs inside Comerica Park for the Tigers. Pelfrey has not pitched well throughout his career inside Yankee Stadium and will look to improve on his 0-2 record in three career starts.

The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Yankee Stadium and can be seen on WPIX Channel 11 and MLB TV. Another weekend series in the Bronx and another great weekend of pitching matchups on deck for the fans. Justin Verlander comes to the Bronx this weekend and Happy Tanaka Day happens once again on Saturday. Hoping for a good weekend and a good victory tonight for the boys. Go Yankees!

Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers 4/9

Ladies and gentleman I believe this is the third straight afternoon game for the New York Yankees this season, you have to love early season baseball. It’s cold in the morning, warm in the afternoons and frigid again at night leaving many of the April games to be played while most of us are at work. That’s all fine and well though when the game is on a Saturday afternoon so let’s get to it with CC Sabathia taking the mound against Mike Pelfrey inside Comerica Park.

The game will be played at 1:10 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB Network and MLB TV while you can also listen along on WFAN with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. Also if you’re looking to grab a pair of Yankees tickets for when the team returns home to the Bronx click the Yankees Tickets link at the top of the blog to secure your seats now. We can’t help you with the costumes though, John Oliver may have to help you with that.

Go Yankees! 

Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers 4/9

The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers will continue their three-game weekend series today with the middle game inside Comerica Park. Each team flashed and showed off their shiny new toys in yesterday afternoon’s game and today we get a matchup between a couple of old veterans with something to prove in the Yankees lefty CC Sabathia and Mike Pelfrey for Detroit.

Sabathia won the 5^th spot in the Yankees rotation over Ivan Nova and Bryan Mitchell in a spring competition despite going 1-3 with a 5.51 ERA in five spring training starts. General Manager Brian Cashman said the decision is not necessarily permanent and that Nova could earn his way back into the rotation while Sabathia takes his place in the bullpen so the big lefty has a lot to prove early and often this season.

Pelfrey is making his Detroit Tigers debut inside Comerica Park just a day removed from Jordan Zimmermann making his debut there as well and is coming off a solid spring training as well. Pelfrey finished the spring with a 2-2 record and a 2.66 ERA in five Grapefruit League starts and is looking to continue that success when the games actually mean something while he tries to resurrect his career at the same time.

The game will be played at 1:10 pm ET inside Comerica Park and can be seen locally on the YES Network and nationally on MLB Network and MLB TV. Go Yankees!

Game Thread: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins 8/18

The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins are just about ready to kick off their second game of this three game set this week inside Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are in the middle of a 16 games in 16 days stretch with this game marking the eighth game in a row for New York. The Yankees inserted a sixth man into the rotation last night in Bryan Mitchell allowing tonight’s starter CC Sabathia to get an extra night of rest. Opposing Sabathia tonight will be Mike Pelfrey for the Twins. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

We have three more days of HOPE Week at Yankee Stadium this week and have four more games being played in the Bronx this week before the team heads back out onto the road. If you want to see any of these games live then simply click the Yankees Tickets link at the top of the blog and grab a pair of tickets while supporting the blog. If you can’t make it to the Bronx then that’s not a problem, simply jump on Twitter and give @GreedyStripes a follow to root for the home team and interact with us during each and every game this season.

Sabathia with an extra day has been closer to vintage CC Sabathia lately so I am excited to sit down, relax and watch another Yankees victory unfold tonight. Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins 8/18

The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins are set to play their second game of their three game set this week at Yankee Stadium with both teams in the midst of playoff pushes and chases. The New York Yankees have their eye on the American League East crown while the Minnesota Twins may have to settle for one of the two Wild Card slots left in the American League playoff picture. The Yankees will send CC Sabathia to the mound tonight to face off against the Twins starter Mike Pelfrey. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

• Sabathia gets an extra day of rest before tonight’s start after Bryan Mitchell was inserted into the starting rotation as a sixth man. Sabathia faced Minnesota once already this season in the Alex Rodriguez three home run game and was ineffective against the Twins. Sabathia allowed five runs on six hits including two home runs in just 5.2 innings pitched.

• Pelfrey heads into this start tonight fresh off a good start against the Cleveland Indians last time out. Pelfrey has struggled for much of this season posting a 6-7 record with a 3.91 ERA and has also struggled against the Yankees in his career. Pelfrey owns a career 5.28 ERA against New York in five starts and 29 innings pitched.

The Yankees and Twins have one more game this series after tonight before New York stays home to play host to the Cleveland Indians. New York will also announce their latest HOPE Week participant any minute now so be on the lookout for that. New York still has Toronto breathing down their necks in the division so every win is much needed and every win is important, here’s to another win this evening in the Bronx. Go Yankees!

The Yankees Have Checked In On Mike Pelfrey

The New York Yankees have checked in on right handed free agent pitcher Mike Pelfrey in their search for starting pitching. The team announced that they would hold a fifth starter competition this spring and are continuing to look for a #2 or #3 type pitcher to pair with Hiroki Kuroda, CC Sabathia, and Ivan Nova.

Pelfrey is 29 years old and only one full season removed from Tommy John surgery and posted a 5.19 ERA in 152.2 innings in 2013 for the Twins. His best seasons have come in the National League with the New York Mets so we could not logically expect him to improve on that with a move to the AL East. If we were looking for a #4 or a #5 starter I could see it but we're not, so I don't see him coming to New York.