We’re going to go old school here and take a quick look at the Yankees and the Rays position-by-position using each player’s traditional counting stats in advance of tomorrow night’s game.
POSITION PLAYERS:
FIRST BASE: Luke Voit (.277/22/52) vs. JiMan Choi (.230/3/16)
SECOND BASE: D.J. LeMahieu (.364/10/27) vs. Brandon Lowe (.269/14/37)
THIRD BASE: Gio Urshela (.298/6/30) vs. Yandi Diaz (.307/2/11)
SHORTSTOP: Gleyber Torres (.243/3/16) vs. Willy Adames (.259/8/23)
LEFT FIELD: Brett Gardner (.223/5/15) vs Randy Arozarena (.281/7/11)
CENTER FIELD: Aaron Hicks (.225/6/21) vs. Kevin Kiermaier (..217/3/22)
RIGHT FIELD: Aaron Judge (.257/9/22) vs. Hunter Renfroe (.156/8/22)
DESIGNATED HITTER: Giancarlo Stanton (.250/4/11) vs. Yoshi Tsutsugo (.197/8/24)
CATCHER: Kyle Higashioka (.250/4/10) vs. Mike Zunino (.147/4/10)
TOP 4 STARTING PITCHERS:
Gerrit Cole (7-3, 2.84) vs Blake Snell (4-2, 3.24)
Masahiro Tanaka (3-3, 3.56) vs. Tyler Glasnow (5-1, 4.08)
J.A. Happ (2-2, 3.47) vs. Ryan Yarbrough (1-4, 3.56)
Deivi Garcia (3-2, 4.988) vs. Charlie Morton (2-2, 4.74)
