Ladies and gentleman welcome to the weekend and welcome to
Baltimore as the New York Yankees begin a three-game weekend series with the
Baltimore Orioles tonight inside Oriole Park and Camden Yards. The Yankees
stumbled a bit out of the gate against the Tampa Bay Rays losing two-of-three
to their division rival but with an off day yesterday and three potential big
guns in their starting rotation going this weekend for the Bronx Bombers it could
be time to turn it around for New York. It is always fun when these two teams
get together, especially when the Yankees win because Buck Showalter’s blood
pressure visibly goes up which is always great, and this weekend should be no
exception. Now about those pitching matchups…
The Yankees will send Luis Severino to the mound looking to
improve on a disaster of a season as a starter in 2016. Severino posted an 0-8
record with an 8.50 ERA in 11 starts last season although he did find himself
and his secondary pitches in the bullpen which should help his confidence
entering this season for New York.
The Orioles will send Ubaldo Jimenez to oppose Severino on
the mound tonight in Baltimore as he also makes his first start of the young
season. Ubaldo was pushed back by manager Buck Showalter because the Orioles
manager believed the lefty matched up better with the Yankees than the Orioles
first opponent of the season in the Toronto Blue Jays.
The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Oriole Park and
Camden Yards and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB Network and MLB TV and can
also be heard on the radio with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN. For
the first time this season, because I’m a slacker and I’ve been busy as hell,
Go Yankees!!!!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)