The “Golden State Warriors” of baseball pulled off the trade of the offseason by snagging one of the most dominating starters — something the New York Yankees truly needed — on the market in Chris Sale.
Sale was not only expected to continue his career of filth in Beantown but to also become one of the prominent figures in baseball’s greatest rivalry. Well, in his first taste of that said rivalry, the spotlight was stripped of his firm grasp.
His opponent, Masahiro Tanaka, turned in New York’s first complete game shutout since 2014 and out-performed the starting pitcher with the best ERA in the American League since 2012.