Forget about everything that went awry for the Yankees in the regular season. Was it a disappointing and mostly joyless 60 games? Yes. But why dwell on that now? Everything can change starting this evening as the Yankees take on Cleveland in the first game of a best of three. Here are the lineups:
New York Yankees (0-0)
- DJ LeMahieu, 2B
- Aaron Judge, RF
- Aaron Hicks, CF
- Luke Voit, 1B
- Giancarlo Stanton, DH
- Gio Urshela, 3B
- Gleyber Torres, SS
- Brett Gardner, LF
- Kyle Higashioka, C
RHP Gerrit Cole
Cleveland Indians (0-0)
- Francisco Lindor, SS
- Cesar Hernandez, 2B
- José Ramírez, 3B
- Carlos Santana, 1B
- Franmil Reyes, DH
- Josh Naylor, LF
- Roberto Pérez, C
- Tyler Naquin, RF
- Delino DeShields, CF
RHP Shane Bieber
News & Notes
- Why Brett Gardner over Clint Frazier? Aaron Boone laid out three reasons: recent performance, defense, and adding a lefty to the mix. (Bradford William Davis)
- It looks like JA Happ in Game 3, if necessary. (Bryan Hoch)
- One surprise on the Yankees’ 28-man roster: Mike Ford. He basically took Clarke Schmidt’s place on the roster as everyone else is the same as the final day of the regular season. (Yankees PR)
- ICYMI, here’s our preview of the series.
This one starts at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN. WFAN and WADO have the radio call. Enjoy the game, everyone.
MG309
Really good start!
STFU already Mike, stop trolling
Mungo
I predict: lots of strike outs.
Gerreddardit Cole
We will not win tonight and we will not win the series, Derek, but we’ll still watch a few innings because misery loves company. My guess is it’ll be over by 9 pm so folks can turn over to the debate. 5-0 Indians. Cole gives up a couple a dingers and the Yankees strike out 20 times and hit into 7 DPs. Gary pinch hits in the 8th and strikes out into a triple play.
Dale Mohorcic
This prediction appears to have been incorrect.