ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- If you ask New York fans or even manager Joe Girardi which Yankee might hit the first home run of 2017, you would not get many picking shortstop Ronald Torreyes, who had one in 179 career at-bats entering Tuesday's game.
But with 6-foot-7, 275-pound slugger Aaron Judge on first base after a single in the third inning, it was Torreyes -- generously listed at 5-foot-8, 151 pounds -- who crushed a two-run home run to left field, the first runs in the Yankees' 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.