The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will continue
their three-game set tonight inside Fenway Park with the second contest of the
series. Last night marked the return of the Yankees future as the team welcomed
Luis Severino back into the starting rotation and tonight the Yankees send a
man who hopes to fit into the Yankees future in Nathan Eovaldi. Eovaldi is
signed through the end of next season when then he will hit free agency for the
first time but the team will cross that bridge when they get there, first they
have to tackle Drew Pomeranz tonight’s starting pitcher for the Red Sox and
that will be no easy task unfortunately.
Eovaldi has not enjoyed pitching inside Fenway Park during
his career which is evident by his career 5.94 ERA and 1.68 WHIP in three
career starts. Surprisingly though, due in large part to the Yankees offense
obviously, Eovaldi is 2-0 in those starts. Give up ten runs for all I care as
long as the Yankees offense can score 11. Am I right?
Pomeranz will be thrusted into the Yankees and Red Sox
rivalry tonight as he makes his fifth start for the club since being traded by
the San Diego Padres. Pomeranz is still searching for his first victory inside
a Red Sox uniform and that would hurt even more if that were against the Yankees
so let’s do everything we can to prevent that, shall we?
The game will be played at 7:10 pm ET inside Fenway Park and
can be seen on the YES Network, ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball and MLB TV. The
Yankees have struggled against left-handed pitching all season long which comes
as a surprise to me with right-handed additions like Starlin Castro and Robert
Refsnyder in the mix but it’s hard to come back from having such a reliance on
the likes of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez only to feel let down and left
behind when Father Time finally catches up to them. Oh well, we’re still
grinding and we’re still winning so say it loud and say it proud Yankees
family… Go Yankees! Beat those Red Sox.
Reed! Aaron hicks is heating up! Batting .240 in august!
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You are right Darly, he is, but I have been watching him. Unless someone really works with him...he has too many moving parts, just like a pitcher.
DeleteStarting with his legs, he never gets balanced.
I had hope for him but, now he is pressing along with everything else.
He can start over come spring, maybe something is there and maybe not. We have so many OF players that are a bit better than what he has shown.
Eovaldi leaves with right elbow discomfort.... hold your breath.....
DeleteSame as last year, and yes everyone hold your collective breaths. This guy is a good guy to have in the rotation next year, I think that is obvious.
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