IKF replaces Bader in CF.
Bottom third of Yanks batting order is Murdered Row.
Fangraphs has Rays as 52% favorites -- seems understated to me.
YANKS
LeMahieu, 1B -- .239 (92)
Judge, RF -- .278 (183)
Torres, 2B -- .268 (114)
Stanton, DH -- .204 (96)
Kiner-Falefa, CF -- .253 (90)
Volpe, SS -- .214 (88)
Pereira, LF -- .091 (-6)
Peraza, 3B -- .159 (49)
Rortvedt, C -- .136 (55)
Cole, P -- 10-4, 3.03
RAYS
Diaz, 1B -- .326
Lowe, B, 2B -- .218
Arizarena, RF -- .262
Ramirez, DH -- .305
Paredes, 3B -- .257
Lowe, J , RF -- .281
Basabe, SS -- .333
Siri, CF -- .216
Bethancourt, C -- .231
Eflin, P -- 13-7, 3.58
Game on YES
(Apparently Yanks are so bad Prime doesn't want them)
NEXT UP: Sat, 8/26, 4 pm, at Tanpa Bay
Not sure which is more gauche - the gambling promotions by the YES crew or those HOOTERS ads behind the plate.
Don't trade me drive by Stanton and DJ tonight
Wow, first and second no outs, run expectancy 1.373, and they got the run in (albeit the hard way).
You know, we've been ranting here to bring up Periera and Peraza (and even Rortvedt). Mebbe give them a few weeks to find themselves at the MLB level before heaping abuse on them? I promise, there will be plenty of time to do that in Spring Training '24.
Cole needs to throw a perfect game to win this one