NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will continue their first road trip of the season with the second game of a three-game set at Baltimore (0-1 thus far)…will also play a three-game set at Cleveland (4/10-12)…went 4-2 on their season-opening six*game homestand, winning two-of-three against San Francisco and Philadelphia.
Have won their first two completed series for just the second time in the last 12 seasons (won their first four in 2020).
Have scored first in five of their seven games…have scored in the first inning in four of their seven games.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Orioles, 7-6, in their series opener on Friday at Camden Yards…RHP Clarke Schmidt (3.1IP, 5H, 4ER, 3BB, 3K) started and did not record a decision…RF Franchy Cordero (1-for-1, 1R, 1HR, 3RBI, 1BB) hit his first HR of the season with a three-run shot in the fourth inning…LF Oswaldo Cabrera (3-for-4, 1R, 1 double, 3RBI) tied his career high with 3H…hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning and an RBI single in the eighth inning…3B DJ LeMahieu (1-for-4, 1BB), DH Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-4, 2R, 1 double) and 2B Gleyber Torres (1-for-3, 1R, 1BB) each reached base twice…RHP Ron Marinaccio (1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 1BB, 2K) took his first loss of the season…Yankees pitchers allowed 7R after allowing just 14R over their first six games.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torreshas reached base in 16-of29 plate appearances this season, batting .409/.552/.727 (9-for-22) with 6R, 1 double, 2HR, 6RBI, 7BB and 5SB. Has reached base multiple times in six of his seven games.
Has 5SB in seven games this season…did not record his fifth stolen base in 2022 until his 74th game played on 7/7/22 at Boston.
Has walked seven times while striking out just twice in 29PA this season…did not record his seventh walk in 2022 until his 32nd game of the year on 5/16/22 at Baltimore.
Has hit .317/.392/.610 (79-for-249) with 47R, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 18HR, 49RBI and 29BB in 70 career games vs. Baltimore.
FAST AND FURIOUS: Yankees baserunners have recorded 11SB this season…marks their most stolen bases through their first seven games of a season in the last 34 years (since 1990)… marks just the third time in the last 108 years the Yankees have recorded at least 11SB through their first seven games of a season (also 11SB in 1989 and 12SB in 1969).
Marks just the eighth time in franchise history the Yankees have recorded at least 11SB through their first seven games of a season: 20SB in 1915, 14SB in 1914, 13SB in 1908, 12SB in 1910, 1912 and 1969, and 11SB in 1989 and 2023.
Their 11SB are tied with Cleveland for the second-most in the Majors, trailing only Baltimore (13SB).
The Yankees have had four different players steal a base. LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu has hit safely in each of his first six games, batting .292/.370/.583 (7-for-24) with 5R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR, 2RBI and 3BB.
As a Yankee (since 2019), has hit .326 (76-for-233) with 51R, 11 doubles, 6HR, 25RBI and 26BB vs. the Orioles… over that same span, has hit .333/.408/.452 (45-for-135) with 27R, 4 doubles, 4HR, 13RBI and 16BB in 34 games at Camden Yards.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: RHP Jhony Brito will make his second career start tonight at Baltimore…made his Major League debut on Sunday vs. San Francisco and tossed 5.0 scoreless innings to earn the win…was just the 12th Yankees pitcher in franchise history (and fifth since 1935) to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut, joining Luis Gil (6.0IP on 8/3/21 vs. Baltimore), Jonathan Loáisiga (5.0IP
on 6/15/18 vs. Tampa Bay), Sam Militello (7.0IP on 8/9/92 vs. Boston), Hank Borowy (5.0IP on 4/18/42 vs. Boston), Vito Tamulis (9.0IP on 9/25/34 at Philadelphia-AL), Russ Van Atta (9.0IP on 4/25/33 at Washington-AL), Neal Brady (5.2IP on 9/25/1915-G1 vs. Cleveland), Pete Wilson (9.0IP on 9/15/1908 at Boston), Tacks Neuer (9.0IP on 8/28/1907-G2 vs. Boston), Slow Joe Doyle (9.0IP on 8/25/1906-G1 vs. Cleveland) and
Barney Wolfe (5.0IP on 4/24/1903 at Washington-AL)…was just the ninth Yankees starting pitcher to toss 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut and just the fourth since 1935.
ON A ROLL: OF Franchy Cordero hit his first HR of the season on Friday with a three-run HR in the fourth inning…is 3-for10 (.300) with 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 5RBI and 1BB in three games.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge owns a career-high 40-game on-base streak (since 8/29/22), batting .368/.514/.757 (50-for-136) with 37R, 8 doubles, 15HR, 26RBI, 41BB, 1HP and 4SB in that span…is the third-longest on-base streak by a Yankee in the last 19 seasons (since 2005), trailing only Luke Voit’s 42-game streak (9/19/18-5/3/19) and Mark Teixeira’s 42-game streak (6/6-7/26/10)…has reached base multiple times in 29 of those 40 games.
Is just the 10th Yankee (11th time) in the last 84 years (since 1940) to record an on-base streak of at least 40 games…joins Joe DiMaggio (74G in 1941), Derek Jeter (57G from 1998-99 and 41G in 2000), Alex Rodriguez (53G in 2004), Luke Voit (42G from 2018-19), Mark Teixeira (42G in 2010), Bernie Williams (42G in 2001), Paul O’Neill (42G in 1996), Don Mattingly (42G from 1993-94) and Roy White
(41G from 1975-76).
His 40-game on-base streak is the third-longest by any Major League player since 2020, trailing only St. Louis’ Paul Goldschmidt’s 46-game streak from 4/22-6/10/22 and Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco’s 43-game streak from 7/25-9/29/21.
Has reached base safely in each of his first seven games this season, batting .296/.387/.519 (8-for-27) with 5R, 2HR, 4RBI, 4BB and 2SB.
Has walked in four straight games.
Has stolen a base in back-to-back games for just the second time in his career (also 2G from 8/17-G2-8/18/21).
Has hit 9HR in his last 16 games against Baltimore (since 4/26/22) and 20HR in his last 38 games vs. the Orioles since 2020.
Has hit 35HR vs. the Orioles since 2017…marks his most home runs against any opponent and are the most by any Major League player vs. a single opponent in that span.
Since 2020, has hit .360/.461/.933 (27-for-75) with 22R, 4 doubles, 13HR, 25RBI, 12BB and 2SB in 21 games at Camden Yards.
WHERE’S OSWALDO?: INF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera tied his career high with 3H on Friday at Baltimore and drove in three of the Yankees’ 6R…hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning and an RBI single in the eighth inning.
Has hit safely in each of his last four games with an AB, batting .467/.500/.600 (7-for-15) with 2R, 2 doubles, 3RBI, 1BB and 1SB in that span.
His 3RBI on Friday marked his second-most RBI in a game in his career (5RBI on 9/21/22 vs. Pittsburgh).
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit 12HR in seven games this season, tied with Atlanta (12HR in 8G) for the fourth-most in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (18HR in 7G), Los Angeles-NL (16HR in 8G) and San Francisco (15HR in 7G).
Marks the 10th time in franchise history they have hit at least 12HR through their first seven games: 18HR in 1932, 17HR in 2003, 14HR in 2011 and 2020, 13HR in 1956 and 1957 and 12HR in 1999, 2015, 2018 and 2023.
Have had nine different players homer this season, tied for the second-most in the Majors (San Francisco-10, Tampa Bay-10, Los Angeles-NL-9).
Have homered in each of their first seven games of a season for just the sixth time in franchise history (first 12G in 2020, first 10G in 1999, first 9G in 2001, first 8G in 1932 and first 7G in 2000).
Have scored at least 5R in five of seven games this season.
STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has hit .400/.468/.600 (28-for-70) with 11R, 5 doubles, 3HR, 11RBI and 9BB in 18 games at Camden Yards since 2020…overall, has hit .356/.411/.591 (47-for-132) with 18R, 7 doubles, 8HR, 31RBI and 13BB in 34 games vs. the Orioles since 2020.
Has reached base in each of his six games this season.
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo has hit safely in each of his six games this season and has reached base in 11-of-27 plate appearances…is batting .286/.407/.476 (6-for-21) with 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 4RBI, 4BB, 1HP and 1SF in six games.
STRIKEOUT MACHINE: Yankees pitchers have recorded double-digit strikeouts in six of seven games…their 82K are tied with Houston (eight games) for the most in the Majors… are just one of five Major League teams since 1901 to record at least 82K through their first seven games of a
season, joining the Reds in 2020 (93K), Cleveland in 2020 (86K), Yankees in 2021 (84K), Mets in 2018 (82K).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP JHONY BRITO (1-0, 0.00)
RHP Jhony Brito will make his second career Major League start tonight at Baltimore…the 25-year-old will pitch on extended five days’ rest… last pitched in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings (2H, 1BB, 6K) to earn his first career win… became just the 12th Yankees pitcher in franchise history (and fifth since 1935) to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut…is the ninth Yankees starting pitcher to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut and just the fourth since 1935…is the first Yankees starting pitcher in franchise history to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings, allow 2H-or-fewer and allow 1BB-or-fewer in his Major League debut…was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 3/30 and made his first career Opening Day roster…Over parts of five minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2016-17, ’19, ’21-22), has gone 26-21 with two saves and a 3.71 ERA (392.2IP, 375H, 196R/162ER, 81BB, 344K, 28HR) in 86 career appearances (70 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 11/9/15.
LAST TIME OUT: Made his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings (2H, 1BB, 6K) to earn his first career win.
Became just the 12th Yankees pitcher in franchise history (and fifth since 1935) to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League
debut, joining Luis Gil (6.0IP on 8/3/21 vs. Baltimore), Jonathan Loáisiga (5.0IP on 6/15/18 vs. Tampa Bay), Sam Militello (7.0IP on 8/9/92
vs. Boston), Hank Borowy (5.0IP on 4/18/42 vs. Boston), Vito Tamulis (9.0IP on 9/25/34 at Philadelphia-AL), Russ Van Atta (9.0IP on 4/25/33
at Washington-AL), Neal Brady (5.2IP on 9/25/1915-G1 vs. Cleveland), Pete Wilson (9.0IP on 9/15/1908 at Boston), Tacks Neuer (9.0IP on 8/28/1907-G2 vs. Boston), Slow Joe Doyle (9.0IP on 8/25/1906-G1 vs. Cleveland) and Barney Wolfe (5.0IP on 4/24/1903 at Washington AL)…among the group, joins Luis Gil (6.0IP, 1BB), Hank Borowy (5.0IP, 1BB) Vito Tamulis (9.0IP, 1BB) and Barney Wolfe (5.0IP, 0BB) as the only four to issue 1BB-or-fewer.
Became the ninth Yankees starting pitcher to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut and just the fourth since 1935.
Became the first Yankees starting pitcher in franchise history to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings, allow 2H-or-fewer and allow 1BB-or-fewer in his Major League debut.
Struck out his first batter faced (LaMonte Wade Jr. swinging) for his first Major League strikeout.
SPRING FLING: Made just four spring appearances (two starts), going 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (13.0IP, 12H, 5R/3ER, 10K 1HR)…made his spring debut on 3/26 at Toronto, earning the win after tossing 2.0 scoreless innings (3H, 2K)…made his second appearance on 3/4 vs. Tampa Bay, allowing 4R/2ER over 2.2IP in relief…made his third spring appearance on 3/10 at Detroit, tossing 3.0 innings in relief (4H, 1ER, 3K, 1HR)…made his final spring outing on 3/26 vs. Toronto, tossing 5.1 perfect innings (3K), earning the victory.
HITTIN’ THE ROAD: Will make his first career Major League road start…in 13 road games (11 starts) with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2022, went 5-3 with a 4.10 ERA (52.2IP, 24ER) and 48K.
INTO THE FIRE: Became the seventh Yankees pitcher to start against a National League opponent in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco, joining RHP Deivi García (8/30/20-G2 vs. New York-NL: ND, 6.0IP, 1R/0ER), RHP Chad Green (5/16/16 at Arizona: L, 4.0IP, 6R/4ER), RHP Chase Whitley (5/15/14 at New York-NL: ND, 4.2IP, 0ER), RHP Tyler Clippard (5/20/07 at New York-NL: W, 6.0IP, 1ER), LHP Brad Halsey (6/19/04 at Los Angeles-NL: W, 5.2IP, 2ER) and LHP Brandon Claussen (6/28/03-G2 at New York-NL: W, 6.1IP, 1ER).
Became the seventh Yankee to draw a start at the current Yankee Stadium in his Major League debut, joining RHP Luis Gil (8/3/21), RHP Deivi García (8/30/20-G2), RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (6/15/18), LHP Jordan Montgomery (4/12/17), RHP Luis Severino (8/5/15) and RHP Adam Warren (6/29/12).
THIS IS 25: At 25 years, 44 days old, became the seventh starter age 25-or-over to make his Major League debut for the Yankees since 1999, joining RHP Chien-Ming Wang (25y, 30d), RHP Masahiro Tanaka (25y, 154d), Christian Parker (25y, 277d), Alex Graman (26y, 155d), Matt DeSalvo (26y, 238d) and Kei Igawa (27y, 268d).
2022: Split the season with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, combining to go 11-4 with a 2.96 ERA (112.2IP, 95H,40R/37ER, 35BB, 91K, 9HR) in 26 games (23 starts)…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 19 of his 23 starts.
Among Yankees farmhands, ranked second in wins, fifth in starts and sixth in innings pitched.
Began the season with Double-A Somerset, going 5-2 with a 2.36 ERA (42.0IP, 36H, 14R/11ER, 11BB, 38K, 4HR) in eight starts…was named the Eastern League “Pitcher of the Week” for 4/25-5/1 after allowing just 1H over 7.0 scoreless innings on 5/1 vs. Portland (W, 1BB, 6K).
Was promoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 6/1 and went 6-2 with a 3.31 ERA (70.2IP, 59H, 26ER, 24BB, 53K, 5HR) in 18 games (15 starts).
Following the season, was named by Baseball America as having the “Best Control” among
Yankees minor leaguers.
Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/10.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Over parts of five minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2016- 17, ’19, ’21-22), has gone 26-21 with two saves and a 3.71 ERA (392.2IP, 375H, 196R/162ER, 81BB, 344K, 28HR) in 86 career appearances (70 starts).
Missed most of the 2017 minor league season and the entire 2018 season due to “Tommy John” surgery.
Was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 11/9/15.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES NOTES:
HOMECOMING: The Orioles defeated the Yankees yesterday, 7-6, to win their second consecutive Home Opener and first against the Yankees since 2009…Improved to 46-24 in Home Openers in club history (since 1954), including 22-10 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and 5-4 against New York-AL (see chart at right)…The O’s have won the series opener in each of their three series this season.
WHAT’S NEXT: Yesterday’s game marked the beginning of a seven-game homestand for the O’s, their first of the season…Baltimore will play two more games against the Yankees and four against the Athletics…The O’s will then travel to Chicago to face the White Sox for three games from April 14-16, then have a scheduled off day before traveling to Washington, D.C. for two games against the Nationals from April 18-19.
AGAINST NEW YORK-AL: The O’s and Yankees are squaring off in their first series of the year…The Orioles will play a total of 13 games against the Yankees this season, including six at Oriole Park…The Orioles will travel to the Bronx for three games from May 23-25 and four from July 3-6 before hosting the Yankees once more for three games from July 28-30…Baltimore went 7-12 against New York-AL in 2022, including two series wins: April 15-17 at Oriole Park (2-1) and September 30 to October 2 at Yankee Stadium (2-1).
YOU’RE SO GOLDEN: Ramón Urías will be presented with his Rawlings Gold Glove Award by Manager Brandon Hyde prior to tonight’s game…Urías was named the recipient of the 2022 American League Gold Glove Award at third base, the first of his career…He became the first Oriole to win a Gold Glove since Manny Machado in 2015… He is just the third Orioles third baseman to ever win the award, joining Machado (2x) and Orioles Legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson (16x).
MAN-ager OF THE YEAR: Manager Brandon Hyde will be honored during a special pregame ceremony…He was named the 2022 Baseball America MLB Manager of the Year and was voted the Sporting News American League Manager of the Year by fellow AL managers…He finished second in voting for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) American League Manager of the Year award…Last season, he led the O’s to an 83-79 record, his first winning season as manager and the club’s first winning campaign since 2016…He collected his 200th career managerial win on September 1 in Baltimore’s 3-0 win at Cleveland…The O’s also had a 10-game winning streak from July 3-13, their first double-digit winning streak in a single season since winning 13 straight from September 7-22, 1999.
WRAPPING UP THE ROAD TRIP: The Orioles went 3-3 in their season-opening road trip against the Red Sox (1-2) and Rangers (2-1)…They defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 10-9, improving their record in season openers to 45-25 overall and 13-12 on the road…The O’s dropped the next two games against Boston before winning the first two against Texas…The two wins against the Rangers increased Baltimore’s winning streak against Texas to eight games dating back to July 4, 2022, their longest winning streak against a single opponent since also winning eight in a row against the Mariners from July 3 to September 19, 2012…The O’s fell to the Rangers in Wednesday’s series finale, 5-2, snapping their streak.
STARTING WITH A BANG: The O’s opened the 2023 season by hitting multiple home runs in each of their first five games, tied for the third-longest streak to start a season by a team since at least 1901 and tied with the 1994 Orioles for the longest streak in club history; the O’s were the only MLB team to start the 2023 campaign with five consecutive multi-homer games…Marked the fifth time in club history that the Orioles homered in each of their first five games to start a season, and first since 2012 (also 5).
STARTING PITCHER – #19 COLE IRVIN LHP
QUICK HITS: Scheduled to make his second start of the season in tonight’s game vs. the New York Yankees…Spent the 2022 season with the Oakland Athletics…Led the team in wins (9), starts (30), innings pitched (181.0), and strikeouts (128)…Posted career-lows in ERA (3.98), opponent batting average (.251), on-base percentage (.293), slugging percentage (.416), and OPS (.709)…Allowed two earned runs or fewer in 17 of his 30 starts…Acquired by the Orioles along with RHP Kyle Virbitsky from Oakland in exchange for SS Darell Hernaiz on January 26, 2023…Originally selected by the Phillies in the fifth round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Oregon.
LAST TIME OUT: Dealt the loss in his Orioles debut on April 2 at Boston… Allowed six runs on eight hits (1 HR) with two walks and four strikeouts in 4.0+ innings…Threw 88 pitches, 58 strikes, including 32 pitches in the first inning.
CAREER AGAINST THE YANKEES: Making his second career start against the Yankees…Dealt the loss in his only start against New York AL on June 29, 2022, when he allowed five runs on six hits (2 HR) with one walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings in the Bronx…Will also be his second career start at Oriole Park; with the Athletics, he earned the win in his first outing at OPACY on April 23, 2021 (5.1 IP, 8 H, ER, BB, 6 K).
AGAINST THE AL EAST: Making his 12th career start (13th appearance) against the AL East…Owns a 4-5 record with a 4.30 ERA (32 ER/67.0 IP) through his first 12 appearances…Started against AL East foes four times in 2022, going 2-1 with a 3.42 ERA (10 ER/26.1 IP) with 15 strikeouts….Faced the Orioles in Oakland on April 19, allowing one run on six hits with four strikeouts to two walks in 5.0 innings of work…Dealt the loss in his last start against the division at Boston on April 2.
HIT IT IF YOU CAN: Irvin relied on his four-seam fastball more than any other pitch in 2022, throwing it 36.1 percent of the time…Opposing batters slashed .222/.263/.387 (51-for-230) against his primary pitch, meaning that he recorded more strikeouts (69) by way of the heater than hits allowed (51)…Irvin induced 121 swings and misses on 941 fastballs for a 12.8 percent swing-and-miss rate.
2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Made his third straight Opening Day roster… Notched career highs in strikeouts (128) and innings (181.0), while his 15 quality starts tied a career-high…Recorded a career-high three consecutive wins from July 15-27…Tallied a career-high 11 strikeouts on August 24 vs. Miami and threw a career-best 105 pitches in his next start on August 30 at Washington…Earned his 20th career win on September 11 vs. Chicago-AL…Tossed 6.0 innings or more in 10 consecutive starts from June 29 to August 19…Went 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA (7 ER/34.0 IP) with 22 strikeouts in five starts in July…Snapped his career-high five-game losing streak on July 4 vs. Toronto.
