Baseball superteams aren’t identified in 32 games, but the buzz saw the Yankees visit this weekend played like a superteam through the first month.
Justin Verlander debuts for Mets while Gerrit Cole excels for Yankees — and the Astros’ pitching suffersThe smooth path the Rays have traveled will eventually veer toward potholes, which is when talent and depth will be tested.
“They’ve done everything,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday. “They’ve pitched as good as anyone in the league. They’ve swung the bats as well as anyone in the league.”The Rays have the best cumulative batting average in baseball — and their staff has surrendered the fewest runs.Their bats have swatted the most home runs in the game and their pitching arms have allowed the fewest .
Their outfield will not consist of the injured Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton, with fliers Willie Calhoun and Jake Bauers expected to see plenty of time.The Yankees’ tweaked rotation enables Gerrit Cole to get a turn at Tropicana Field on Sunday, but Nestor Cortes will miss the series. The Rays will open with Yonny Chirinos, who has been effective but has usually followed an opener, before Drew Rasmussen starts Saturday, and reliever Josh Fleming will start a bullpen game Sunday.Aaron Boone knows what the Yankees will be up against in St. Petersburg this weekend.The Yankees’ staff will be busy with a lineup led by 22-year-old phenom Wander Franco, international star Randy Arozarena and underpaid contributors who seem to quietly do everything well.
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