Later today the Trenton Thunder will open the Eastern League Championship Series. According to Kyle Franko, the team will rout out a rotation of Jordan Montgomery, Luis Severino, Clarke Schmidt, and Mike King. Dellin Betances will follow Montgomery out of the bullpen, too. It should be a fun time for the Yankees’ Double-A team.
Since the remaining affiliates’ season have all ended, we have no Baby Bomber Recap today. Instead, I’d like to introduce a new series for September called Scoreboard Watching. Here we’ll highlight games from key rivals and keep tabs of the Yankees’ magic number.