Home Runs: None
Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs)
On a sweltering day in Minneapolis the Twins received positive injury news on Tuesday. Rob Refsnyder was activated from the 7 day concussion IL with Gilberto Celestino optioned back to St. Paul. Additionally, Byron Buxton began a rehab assignment with the Saints Tuesday night. Kenta Maeda is scheduled to throw 50-60 pitches for St. Paul Wednesday night. Will the Twins get healthy in the nick of time, or is it too late?
DJ Lemahieu led off for the Yankees, barely missing a home run with a long double to right field. Despite the first two Yankee batted balls ominously clocking in at over 100 mph, Pineda recovered for a strong, scoreless first inning. The Twins returned the threat with singles from Josh Donaldson and Miguel Sanó, the latter coming after an impressive at bat laying off close pitches on the outside corner. Ryan Jeffers then worked back from an 0-2 count to rip a double down the left field line, scoring both runners
By Jason Barringer
Apr 11, 2021
The Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) fell to the New York Yankees (4-5) -4 on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Brent Honeywell got the start in this game, making his major league debut. The last time Honeywell had pitched in a minor league game was September 19, 2017, before four elbow surgeries de-railed the past several season. In spite of the fact 1300 days had passed, Honeywell was effective, pitching two shutout innings while striking out two and walking none.
The Rays got a pair of runs in the second on a MIke Zunino home run, but the Yankees scored three runs in the top of the third to take the lead right back, including a two-run blast from Gio Urshela. In the bottom of the third, though, Randy Arozerena hit a two-run home run to give the Rays a 4-3 lead.
Let me tell you a Story about the 130 Plan.
I m sure many of you have seen some comments from me over the past few months about The 130 Plan, but I wanted to take a little time to explain my thought process and the reasons why I believe this should have been adopted prior to the 2021 season by the Yankees and in the future. When I first mentioned the idea, back in November of 2020, it was meant to be a blueprint for how the Yankees could add Francisco Lindor without sacrificing any of the existing offensive talent on the roster, but the more I think about it, the more it appears it could be an extremely helpful tool for this team and could be used to justify acquiring Trevor Story.