The New York Yankees begin their
2015 season on Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. They will take on the Toronto Blue Jays who
are a division rival. Toronto boasts a
strong lineup with some young pitching and also a veteran mix. They have R.A. Dickey the knuckleballer and
Mark Buerhle. Drew Hutchison and Daniel
Norris are also in the rotation. The
lineup boasts Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Edwin Encarnacion and also new catcher
Russell Martin.
The Blue Jays will have a strong
lineup, decent rotation and a questionable bullpen. The Yankees are armed with a strong rotation
if healthy, a very good bullpen and a questionable offense. They are hoping their offense will be better
with health. It looks like they will
have Jacoby Ellsbury at the top of the lineup this year with Carlos Beltran,
Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann and Chase Headley in the middle. Alex Rodriguez could be the regular DH
batting in the bottom third of the order.
He showed a lot in spring training so maybe he can add some punch to
their lineup and then Stephen Drew and Didi Gregorius will be at the bottom of
the order. It could be a good lineup but
that will have to prove itself and stay healthy.
Here are the matchups for the three
game series which will take place Monday afternoon and then Wednesday and
Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
Monday-Masahiro Tanaka vs. Drew Hutchison
Wednesday Michael Pineda vs. R.A.
Dickey
Thursday-CC Sabathia vs. Daniel
Norris(the battle of the lefties)
Norris and Hutchison are both kids,
Dickey is a veteran knuckleballer. Last
season Hutchison was 11-13 with a 4.48ERA, Dickey was 14-13 with a 3.71 ERA and
Norris was 0-0 with a 5.40 in limited action.
Tanaka set the world on fire before getting hurt and then returning for
two starts at the end of the year. He
was 13-5 with a 2.77 ERA. Pineda when
healthy was great at 5-5 with a 1.89 ERA and Sabathia was 3-4 with a 5.28
before going down in May with an injury for the rest of the season.
I would expect the Yankees to win
two out of three in this opening series, but we will see what happens beginning
on Monday afternoon.
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