The Yankees’ 2021 season got off to a bit of a rocky start on Thursday. Gerrit Cole was solid, but the offense was stymied by the Blue Jays’ pitching staff in a 3-2 extra-innings loss. The Yankees are off today, then they conclude their series against Toronto with a couple of games this weekend.
Saturday’s big story will undoubtedly be Corey Kluber’s return to regular season baseball. Kluber only pitched one inning in 2020 for the Texas Rangers before being sidelined with a torn teres major muscle. His 2019 season was also cut short by a series of unfortunate injuries.