We play the Devil Rays 20+ times, so hopefully you’ll hear this often. The Yankees blew them out yesterday. Alex Rodriguez hit his second homerun of the spring and Matt Childers had a decent start. He threw three shutout innings and gave up four hits.
More importantly, Johnny Damon was back in centerfield. As a DH, he’s not worth nearly as much as he is playing centerfield. It’s the first time he’s been out there since he’s come back from the WBC and he scored two runs to boot.
Also encouraging was Randy Johnson’s start on Friday. We lost a tight one to the Twins, but Johnson went 6 1/3 and struck out six batters without walking any. It’s nice to see our ace is pretty much ready for his opening day start.
The Yankees and Tigers square off this afternoon. Chien-Ming Wang gets the start for the Yankees, and hopefully he’ll help us improve on our 12-13 spring record.
