After an off-day yesterday, the Yankees are back to action at home in the Bronx this evening. They’ll take on the Kansas City Royals, who as Peter noted in his series preview earlier today, did quite well during the season’s opening month but have since gone into a 17-29 tailspin to dip under .500. This is not a terrible team, but one that the Yankees should absolutely handle in a three-game set, especially at home.
Step one begins tonight with the Yankees’ ace on the hill: Gerrit Cole. The reduced-sticky-stuff version of Cole in June has notched fewer strikeouts and given up more homers than the dominant early edition, but he’s still gotten the job done.