New York Yankees 2014 Season

[SixFeetDeep]

Game 1: April 1st 2014, 7:10 PM
Yankees at Astros

Carsten Charles Sabathia vs Scott Feldman

1) Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
2) Derek Jeter - SS
3) Carlos Beltran - RF
4) Brian McCann - C
5) Mark Teixeira - 1B
6) Alfonso Soriano - DH
7) Brett Gardner - LF
8 Brian Roberts - 2B
9) Kelly Johnson - 3B

Game 2: Wednesday at 8:10 - Hiroki Kuroda vs. Cosart
Game 3: Thursday at 8:10 - Ivan Nova vs. Olberholtzer

[Tommy]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaa. Let's do this! I hope I can get some of the game before leaving for work in the morning.

[SixFeetDeep]

Once Jeter and Roberts take the field, they will become the oldest Double play combo in MLB history.

[Tommy]

I'm behind on the news. Is Ichiro pretty much just a backup?

[Tommy]

Also when does tanaka start?

[Badger]

Also when does tanaka start?

I assume Friday.

[SixFeetDeep]

I'm behind on the news. Is Ichiro pretty much just a backup?

sounds like Ichiro has accepted his role as a backup. It will be interesting to see
how the defensive OF rotation plays out. Will Beltran be full time? is soriano strictly a DH? We need Ellsbury to stay healthy.

[AlioTheFool]

I can't wait! Let's go Yankees! Win one more for the Captain.

[SixFeetDeep]

what the freak.

[Tommy]

CC with a 36 ERA!

[Tommy]

First game I guess. Christ. Pathetic batting.

[Badger]

The freak is this?

[MBGreen]

enjoy your aids

[AlioTheFool]

I know it's getting late early, and there are only 161 more games to go, but there is still time to get back in the race.

CC is only the Opening Day starter because he's the big guy in the rotation. It's due to respect that he's made so many opening starts. He's utterly awful on Opening Day every year (his ERA is in the mid-8's I believe). A positive though is how quickly he turned it around. Apart from the first two innings he was actually pretty good. Even those first two innings were largely impacted by the defense's attempt to be the Bad News Bears.

The hitting was a bit weak, but that's not too worrisome yet.

[Badger]