If there was a bright spot in Wednesday night’s big 11-3 loss to Toronto, it was seeing Manny Bañuelos’ success. The former top prospect has struggled throughout his career after battling early injuries, but he was composed and successful against the Jays. Unfortunately, despite playing a lineup full of their starters, the Yankee offense was stifled. They had seven hits to Toronto’s eighteen, and once Bañuelos was pulled, the New York pitchers almost uniformly struggled.
Bañuelos got off to an good start in the first by getting Raimel Tapia to fly out to Joey Gallo in left field, but allowed Bo Bichette to reach first on a soft ground ball that was fielded by Anthony Rizzo.