Game Thread: New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals 5/11

Game Three between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals is about to go down but honestly I don’t know how much of it I’ll be able to watch. After watching the Lookouts last night and staying out far past my bedtime this game better be good if it’s going to catch my attention for long. Donned with the task of keeping me up tonight for the Yankees is Michael Pineda who will be looking for some consistency this season against another young right-hander searching for similar consistency in Yordano Ventura. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside of Yankee Stadium and can be seen on the YES Network, ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball and of course MLB TV.

There’s only one more game after tonight in this series so you’re running out of time to see the Yankees live and in person in the Bronx. Click the Yankees tickets link at the top of the blog now to reserve your spot for the finale between these two American League teams and still have a few dollars in your pocket to eat on thanks to Ticket Monster. If you can’t make it live then you can always follow along and root for the home team from afar on Twitter by giving @GreedyStripes a shout. We are always around and try and live tweet each and every game, won’t you join us?

Pineda is ready and so are the Royals so let’s get to it. Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals 5/11

The New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals will square off head-to-head for the third time this week tonight inside of Yankee Stadium. In this four game set we have been entertained by a few great pitching matchups on paper and the pitching matchup tonight hopefully won’t disappoint as well as the Yankees send Michael Pineda to the mound to face off with Yordano Ventura for the Royals. Ventura reminds me a lot of Luis Severino in a way, live arm but hasn’t quite put it all together yet, so this will be an interesting watch tonight in the Bronx.

Pineda pitched better in his last start against the Boston Red Sox and was extended farther than he had been all season but it still wasn’t enough to turn things around just yet. Pineda allowed two runs and eight hits in 106 pitches but opponents are still batting a staggering .307 against the Yankees right-hander this season.

Ventura has also looked less than stellar in his last few starts, especially his last two, which is not a great sign for the royals. Ventura has walked 11 batters in his last two starts and gave up six hits and five runs in his most recent start against the Cleveland Indians. If Pineda weren’t on the mound this would be the easiest win of the series for the Yankees on paper. We don’t play the games on paper though unfortunately.

The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside of Yankee Stadium and can be seen on the YES Network, ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball and of course MLB TV. It’s not very often that the Yankees get to flex a little bit against the defending World Series champions and it’s always fun to beat up on them so let’s have a little fun after a hard start to the 2016 season. Shall we?

Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox 8/5

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will play in the second game of their three game set this week in a very big contest for the Yankees. The game is not big for New York because of what it means in the standings or what could potentially be on the line in the contest, it is important because the team’s top prospect Luis Severino is making his Major League debut tonight inside Yankee Stadium. Severino was a perfect 7-0 at Triple-A before getting the call to replace Michael Pineda in the rotation. Opposing Severino will be Steven Wright for the Red Sox. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network, ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball and MLB TV.

• Severino will be making his Major League debut tonight for the Yankees after going 7-0 with a 1.91 ERA in Triple-A with the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Severino was ranked either 1 or 1A in every Top Prospects list for the Yankees prior to the season after he impressed many with his stuff, composure and ability to attack hitters fearlessly when he was with the team during Spring Training.

• Wright, a knuckleball pitcher for the Red Sox, is fresh off his best outing of the season when he dueled head-to-head with Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox. Wright gave up just two runs in seven innings while collecting eight strikeouts in the victory for Boston. If it’s high, let it fly. If it’s low, let it go.

The Yankees stood pat at the July 31^st trading deadline due in part to the fact that the team did not want to give up top prospects like Severino in any of their deals. Cashman just bet the house on the farm and then went all in when Pineda was added to the disabled list so a lot is riding on this decision. Those results and outcomes start tonight as the fearless, and who some are already calling the savior, Severino begins his Major League career tonight in the Bronx. Go Yankees!