May 6, 2021
On Wednesday evening, Texas’ Hyeon-Jong Yang made his first career start. While a low pitch count and a fourth-inning jam limited him to 3.1 innings, the southpaw still managed to impress: He struck out eight and walked only one while missing 15 bats on 37 swings. This was just a spot start in place of injured Kohei Arihara, but it was almost certainly good enough to warrant another look sooner rather than later.
Yang didn’t arrive with the same fanfare as fellow KBO transplant Ha-seong Kim. The 33-year-old had to settle for a minor league deal; he didn’t even make the Rangers’ Opening Day roster. Still, he’s a legend back home in South Korea. With two KBO Series titles, an MVP trophy on the mantle, and numerous international accolades there was little left for him to prove in Gwangju, and he understandably wanted to test his mettle at the highest level while he’s still near the peak of his powers.
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Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela return to New York Yankees lineup
Judge was held out of New York s lineup Wednesday night with soreness in his left side and missed Friday s series opener vs. the Rays. Just trying to be cautious here with him early, not wanting this to be something that does become an issue, and hopefully we re able to get past that and through that in these days ahead, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Saturday.
Judge had a homer, three hits and four RBIs in a 7-2 win over Baltimore on Tuesday night but didn t play in the Yankees 4-3, 11-inning loss a day later. New York had a day off Thursday.