MINNESOTA TWINS NOTES:
THE TWINS: Completed their six-game homestand with a record of 4-2, going 2-1 vs. both Houston and Chicago-AL…tonight, they will begin a seven-game, eight-day roadtrip with four games against the Yankees through Sunday…they will travel to Boston on the off-day Monday, then play the Red Sox for three games at Fenway Park from Tuesday-Thursday.
WEDNESDAY WINNER AT TARGET FIELD: The Twins beat the White Sox yesterday afternoon at Target Field by a score of 3-1, winning the three-game series…Sonny Gray (2-0) was the starter and winner, pitching 5.0 shutout innings, with three hits allowed, two walks and five strikeouts…Jorge Alcala (1.0 IP), Jorge López (1.0 IP) and Griffin Jax (1.0 IP) each earned a hold, while Jhoan Duran earned his third save in four chances…the offense recorded 10 hits, highlighted by Michael A. Taylor, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI…Willi Castro came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and run scored.
TWINS ADD GARLICK: The Twins announced today that they have placed infielder Kyle Farmer on the 10-day Injured List with a facial laceration…Farmer sustained the injury in the fourth inning of yesterday’s game against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field, after being struck by a pitch…to replace Farmer on the 26-man roster, the Twins have selected the contract of outfielder Kyle Garlick from Triple-A St. Paul…Garlick, 31, has hit .235 (8-for-34) with one double, two home runs, seven RBI, two walks, one stolen base, six runs scored and a .738 OPS in eight games for the Saints this season…to make room for Garlick on the 40-man roster, the Twins have transferred outfielder Gilberto Celestino to the 60-day Injured List.
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: The Twins and Yankees are playing the first of seven scheduled games in 2023…after this four-game series, the Twins will host the Yankees for three games from April 24-26 at Target Field…the Twins went 2-5 against New York last season, going 1-2 at Target Field from June 7-9 and 1-3 at Yankee Stadium from September 5-8…since 2002, the Twins have gone 38-98 against the Yankees in regular season play…since the start of 2017, they are 2-16 in regular season games at Yankee Stadium…their only two wins came on May 4, 2019 by a final score of 7-3 and their final game of 2022 on September 8, winning by a score of 4-3, behind a Carlos Correa two-run, eighth-inning homer.
Carlos Correa is hitting .310 (44-for-142) with eight doubles, 11 home runs, 29 RBI, 16 walks, a .377 on-base percentage, a .599 slugging percentage and a .976 OPS in 37 career regular season games against the Yankees…he has hit safely in six straight against New York, homering three times in that span…additionally, he has homered in two-straight games at Yankee Stadium.
Byron Buxton is hitting .224 (11-for-49) in 15 career regular season games against the Yankees, but has hit .455 (10-for-22) with three doubles, four home runs, six RBI, four walks, a .556 on-base percentage, a 1.136 slugging percentage and a 1.692 OPS in his last six.
Jose Miranda hit .320 (8-for-25) with one double, one home run, five RBI, two walks and an .850 OPS in seven games vs. New York-AL during his rookie season last year.
STRONG STARTS: Through 12 games, Twins starting pitchers have combined to post a 2.41 ERA (71.0 IP, 19 ER), with 17 walks, 86 strikeouts and a 0.92 WHIP…below are their ranks among all starting staffs in Major League Baseball:
ERA BAA FIP WHIP HITS ALLOWED K’s OPS
TB – 2.11 MIN – .189 TB – 1.93 MIN – 0.92 TB – 45 MIN – 86 TB – .507
MIN – 2.41 TB – .197 MIN – 2.89 TB – 0.95 MIN – 48 TEX – 81 MIN – .546
HOU – 3.38 MIL – .229 TEX – 3.34 LAD – 1.09 NYY – 49 CWS – 80 NYY – .652
NYY – 3.41 NYY – .231 LAD – 3.48 SF – 1.17 CHC – 52 TB – 79 LAD – ..655
CHC – 3.46 LAD – .232 CLE – 3.57 MIL – 1.22 DET – 53 CIN – 69 MIL – .671
Twins pitchers have overall posted a 31 percent strikeout rate this season, far above the MLB league average of 23 percent.
RISPY BUSINESS: The Twins are hitting .167 (4-for-24) with runners in scoring position in their last four games after beginning the season hitting .340 (17-for-50) with RISP in their first eight…on the season, they are hitting .294 (25-for-85) with RISP, the fifth best in baseball, trailing Chicago-NL (.365), Tampa Bay (.347), Texas (.317) and Arizona (.300)…additionally, they are hitting .302 (13-for-43) with RISP and two outs, tied for seventh best in baseball.
THE BUCK SHOW: Byron Buxton hit his 100th career home run Tuesday night, becoming the 20th player in club history (since 1961) to reach that mark…he has 13 hits in 43 at-bats to start the season (.302)…since 2021, Buck is hitting .346 (55-for-159) with 13 doubles, 16 home runs, 30 RBI and 34 runs scored in 42 March/April games…in that span, he ranks among qualifiers in slugging percentage (1st, .742), home runs (2nd), batting average (2nd) and OPS (2nd)…in 2021, he was named American League Player of the Month for April.
CENTER OF ATTENTION: Michael A. Taylor has started all 12 games for the Twins in centerfield… he ranks third among all centerfielders in baseball in Ultimate Zone Rating at 1.3, trailing Luis Robert Jr. (2.1) and Kyle Isbel (1.4)…Taylor has played 108.0 innings in center, the fifth most in baseball…also has consecutive two-hit games at the plate, going 4-for-8 with one home run and 3 RBI.
Byron Buxton has started at designated hitter in 10 of 12 games and has yet to play in the field…Buck is hitting .310 (13-for-42) with an .865 OPS, leading all designated hitters in baseball in batting average and ranking fourth in OPS.
CHRISTIAN ROCKS: Christian Vázquez has eight hits in 25 at-bats this season, including five walks and is slashing .320/.433/.360 with a .793 OPS in eight games…he has reached base in seven of his eight games played (0-for-3 on April 4 at Miami)…among all catchers in baseball, he ranks third in on-base percentage, fourth in batting average, and tied for fifth in walks.
He also has three defensive runs saved, tied for first all MLB catchers.
He has a catcher ERA of 1.97, which ranks second best in baseball, trailing Tampa Bay’s Francisco Mejía (131).
OH D!!: Donovan Solano has hit safely in seven-straight games, the longest for a Twin this season…the streak is tied for fifth-longest active streak in the AL…his career-high is 17, done with San Francisco from July 25-August 15, 2020…during his current stretch, he is hitting .370 (10-for-27) with two walks, a .433 on-base percentage and an .841 OPS in that span…he was signed by the Twins to a one-year contract on February 23.
STARTING PITCHER – JOE RYAN 41
Making his third start and appearance of 2023 and his second road start this year…also his 35th career start and appearance.
Has won a career-best five consecutive decisions, since September 13, 2022; is 5-0, 1.96 ERA (36.2 IP, 8 ER) with 11 walks, 43 strikeouts and a .143 opponent batting average in that six-start span.
Facing New York-AL for the second time in his career…lost only previous start vs. the Yankees in second game of doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on September 7, 2022 (4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R/ER, 4 BB, 3 K).
LAST TIME OUT: Ryan won his second-straight start to open the season on April 8 vs. the Houston Astros at Target Field, pitching 6.0 innings with four runs and three hits allowed, one walk and 10 strikeouts…his 10 strikeouts were the second-most in his career, one shy of his 11 strikeouts on September 22, 2021 at Chicago-NL…all four runs came in on designated hitter Yordan Alvarez’s grand slam in the top of the third inning…opposed right-handed pitcher Luis Garcia, who did not factor into the decision…Ryan retired the last 11 batters he faced and exited after 6.0 complete innings, then the Twins broke a 4-4 tie with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and went on to win 9-6, securing the series victory.
TWO STARTS AGO: Earned the win against the Kansas City Royals in his first start of the 2023 season April 2 at Kauffman Stadium, tossing 6.0 innings and allowing one run and three hits with two walks and six strikeouts opposite Brad Keller…was supported with six runs, including two home runs from Joey Gallo…Twins won 7-4 to sweep the series…his lone blemish was a two-out solo home run by Royals outfielder Edward Olivares in the bottom of the second inning…improved to 5-0, 1.20 ERA (30.0 IP, 4 ER) with nine walks and 32 strikeouts in five career starts vs. Kansas City.
JOE IN THE BIG APPLE: In his one previous start against New York-AL, Ryan pitched 4.0 innings, allowed four runs and three hits, issued four walks and struck out three batters in a 7-1 loss at Yankee Stadium during the second game of a doubleheader on September 7, 2022…the start tied with four others for the shortest of his career and tied with six other games for his second-lowest strikeout total in a start…struck out outfielder Aaron Judge, the eventual American League MVP, to end the bottom of the third inning…allowed all four of his runs in the fourth inning on a grand slam by infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa…owns a 1-2 record with a 4.39 ERA (26.2 IP, 13 ER), seven walks and 28 strikeouts in five career starts vs. American League East opponents.
ROADTRIPPING WITH RYAN: Tonight is Ryan’s second road start of 2023…won his first road start of the season April 2 at Kansas City and is 3-1, 1.90 ERA (23.2 IP, 5 ER) with nine walks, 22 strikeouts and a .185 opponent batting average in his last four road starts dating back to September 7, 2022… in his career, Ryan has gone 9-4, 3.62 ERA (82.0 IP, 33 ER) with 21 walks and 82 strikeouts in 15 road starts…he has similar numbers at Target Field, going 8-5, 3.65 ERA (103.2 IP, 42 ER) with 34 walks and 115 strikeouts in 19 career starts at home.
LEFT IS RIGHT: Left-handed hitters are batting .056 (1-for-18) against Ryan this year, with Houston designated hitter Yordan Alvarez’s grand slam on April 8 being the only hit…right-handed hitters haven’t fared much better, hitting .200 (5-for-25) with 12 strikeouts against Ryan in 2023…over his career, Ryan has slightly better splits against left-handed hitters than righties, with lefties batting just .187 with a .615 OPS since his debut in 2021…right-handed hitters are hitting .213 with a .663 OPS off Ryan…his .202 opponent batting average vs. lefties ranked ninth in the American League last season (min. 50.0 IP).
THE ARSENAL: Ryan has utilized a three-pitch mix in his first two starts of the 2023 season…has used his four-seam fastball the most of his three pitches, throwing it 55.9 percent of the time…threw 25 sweepers (30.9% of pitches) in his last start April 8 vs. Houston after throwing 16 sweepers (20.0% of pitches) in his first start April 2 at Kansas City…opposing hitters are 0-for-14 against his two offspeed offerings this year…here’s a look at the Ryan’s repertoire, per Baseball Savant:
PITCH (AVG. MPH) PCT. (# OF PITCHES, VS. RHB/LHB) RESULTS
4-Seam Fastball (92.1)…………….55.9% (90 pitches, 57/33)…….. .214 (6-for-28), 1 2B, 2 HR, 11 K
Sweeper (82.0)…………………………25.5% (41 pitches, 37/4)………………………….. .000 (0-for-3), 1 K
Split Finger (83.0)……………………18.6% (30 pitches, 10/20)……………………….. .000 (0-for-11), 3 K
Ryan has needed only 161 pitches to complete his 12.0 innings of work this year for an average of 13.4 pitches per inning…among American League starting pitchers in 2023, Ryan ranks third in pitches per inning, trailing on Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen (11.5) and Jeffrey Springs (13.1).
SPECIAL K: Ryan has 197 career strikeouts through his first 34 games, the most in Twins/Senators history through a pitcher’s first 34 career games…also holds the record through a pitcher’s first 35 career games, five ahead of Bert Blyleven (192 from 1970-71)…his 9.5 strikeouts-per-9.0 innings ratio in his career is tied for sixth best in Twins franchise history and his 3.58 strikeouts-per-walks ranks 10th (min. 150.0 IP).
Is three strikeouts away from 200 in his career; if he reaches 200 tonight, will become the first pitcher in Twins/Senators history with at least 200 strikeouts within his first 35 career games.
CAREER NOTES
• 2023 marks his sixth professional season, including 2020.
• In 2022, his first full major-league season, was Twins Opening Day starter and led both the club and all AL rookies in wins (13), innings pitched (147.0) and strikeouts (151).
• Made his major league debut for the Twins on September 1, 2021 vs. Chicago-NL (L, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R/3 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 5 K).
• Helped Team USA win the silver medal in baseball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics… went 1-0, 1.74 ERA (10.1 IP, 2 ER), one walk and eight strikeouts in two starts.
• Acquired by the Twins on July 22, 2021 from the Tampa Bay Rays, alongside righthanded pitcher Drew Strotman, in exchange for designated hitter Nelson Cruz…learned about the trade while in Japan with Team USA.
• In 2020, was part of the Rays 60-man player pool and spent the summer at the alternate training site in Port Charlotte, Florida…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 12 prospect in the Rays system following the season.
• In 2019, was named Rays minor league Pitcher of the Year after going 9-4, 1.96 ERA (123.2 IP, 27 ER) in his first full professional season…divided the year between Low-A Bowling Green (6 starts), High-A Charlotte (15 games, 13 starts) and Double-A Montgomery (3 starts).
• Garnered several other awards in 2019, including: MiLB.com organization All-Star honors, Baseball America High Class A All-Star, two-time Florida State League Pitcher of the Week (June 17-23 and August 5-11) and Rays minor league Pitcher of the Month for July and August.
• Made professional debut in 2018 for Short-A Hudson Valley…went 2-1, 3.72 ERA (36.1 IP, 15 ER) in 12 games (7 starts) for the Renegades, with 14 walks and 51 strikeouts.
• Selected by the Rays in the seventh round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of Division II California State University, Stanislaus.
• Went 8-1, 1.65 ERA (98.1 IP, 18 ER) in 14 starts as a senior at Stanislaus and led all divisions of college baseball with 127 strikeouts…earned three selections to All-America teams, including first team All-America honors by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association…pitched three seasons at California State University, Northridge before transferring to Stanislaus.
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a season-long 10-game homestand tonight with the first game of a four-game series vs. Minnesota (through Sunday)…will also play three-game sets vs. Los Angeles-AL (4/18-20) and Toronto (4/21-23)…went 4-2 on their recent road trip, winning two-of three in Baltimore and Cleveland. Have won eight of their first 12 games for just the fourth time in the last 20 years since 2004 (9-3 in 2010 and 2020; 8-4 in 2017)…with a win today, would mark just the fourth time in the last 20 years (since 2004) that the Yankees have won at least nine of their first 13 games (10-3 in 2010; 9-4 in 2017 and 2020).
Rank second in the Majors with a +28 run differential.
Their 8-4 (.667) record is tied for the second-best in the AL and tied for the third-best in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (12-0, 1.000) and Atlanta (9-4, .692).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees clinched a series win over the Guardians with a 4-3 win at Cleveland on Wednesday…RHP Clarke Schmidt (4.0IP, 6H, 3ER, 1BB, 3K, 1HR) started and did not record a decision…C Kyle Higashioka (1-for-3, 1RBI) hit a two -run single in the fifth inning…LF Franchy Cordero (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit a game-tying solo HR in the seventh inning…2B/ RF Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for-4, 1R, 1RBI) hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning…3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-4, 1R) picked up his 500th career hit with a fifth-inning single…RHP Ron Marinaccio (1.0IP, 2BB, 2K, 1WP), RHP Michael King (2.0IP, 1K), LHP Wandy Peralta (W, 1.0IP) and RHP Clay Holmes (SV, 1.0IP, 2BB, 1HP, 1K) combined to toss 5.0 hitless and scoreless innings.
SERIES BUSINESS: According to Elias, the Yankees have won their first four series of a season for just the fifth time in franchise history…won their first five series in 2010 and 1926 and also won their first four series in 1922 and 2020.
TWINNING: The Yankees are 98-38 (.721) vs. Minnesota since 2002, the Majors’ best record by any team vs. an opponent in its own league in that span…including the postseason, have gone 114-40 (.740) vs. the Twins since 2002.
Are 13-3 in their last 16 games vs. the Twins (since 7/23/19) and 23-7 in their last 30 games vs. Minnesota (since 9/18/17).
Have won 14 of their last 16 series vs. the Twins since 7/3/14.
Have won or split each of their last 20 season series with the Twins (18-0-2 since 2002)…have won each of their last 15 season series vs. the Twins…according to Elias, their streak of 15 straight winning seasons is tied for the fourth-longest streak vs. a single opponent in franchise history…trails only their 37-season streak vs. the Athletics (1932-68), 21-season streak vs. the Senators/Twins (1944-64) and 18-season streak vs. the Browns (1926-43)…also recorded a 15-season streak vs. the Red Sox (1923-37).
Including the postseason, are 19-2 in their last 21 games vs. the Twins in the Bronx since 2017 and 24-3 vs. Minnesota at Yankee Stadium since 2015.
TOUR DE FRANCH: OF Franchy Cordero hit his fourth HR of the season on Wednesday with a game-tying solo HR in the seventh inning…according to Elias, Cordero is the first Yankee (since RBI became an official stat in 1920) to record 11RBI in his first seven games with the club…Elias also notes he is just the sixth Yankee in franchise history to hit at least 4HR through his first seven games with the club…joins Eric Hinske (5HR in first 7G in 2009), Barry Foote (5HR in first 7G in 1981), Matt Carpenter (4HR in first 7G in 2022), Shelley Duncan (4HR in first 7G in 2007) and Dave Kingman (4HR in first 7G in 1977).
Has 4HR in his last five games.
Has 4HR in seven games this season after hitting 8HR in 84 games last season.
Has reached base in each of his first seven games.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have scored at least 4R in 10-of-12 games this season…have scored at least 5R in seven of their 12 games.
Have homered in 11-of-12 games this season…their 18HR are tied with Baltimore (18HR in 12G) for the fourth-most in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (30HR in 12G), Los AngelesNL (24HR in 13G) and San Francisco (21HR in 12G).
OF Franchy Cordero and OF Aaron Judge have each hit 4HR this season, tied for the fourth-most in the AL.
WHERE’S OSWALDO: INF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning on Wednesday…marked his third career hit that gave the Yankees the lead in the ninth inning-or-later (also “walk-off single in Game 1 on 9/7/22 vs. Minnesota)…is hitting .323 (10-for-31) with 4R, 2 doubles, 5RBI, 1BB and 1SB in his last nine games.
PITCH PERFECT: Yankees pitchers have allowed just 33R over their first 12 games (2.75 R/G), their fewest runs allowed through their first 12 games of a season in the last 59 years (since 1965)…matches their fourth-fewest runs allowed through their first 12 games of a season in franchise history…allowed 24R in 1958, 30R in 1953, 32R in 1954 and 33R in 1955 and 1964.
Have allowed 3R-or-fewer in nine of their 12 games this year…have held opponents to 2R-or-fewer in six of 12 games and allowed one-or-zero runs in four of their games.
Rank second in the Majors in HR/9.0IP (0.59) and opponents’ SLG (.319), third in ERA (2.72), WHIP (1.16), opponents’ BA (.212), opponents’ OBP (.294) and opponents’ OPS (.613) and fifth in strikeouts (116) and K/9.0IP (9.85).
PEN PALS: Yankees relievers did not allow a hit over 5.0 scoreless innings on Wednesday at Cleveland…their 1.88 ERA this season is the best in the AL and second-best in the Majors, trailing only Milwaukee (1.37).
Rank second in the Majors in strikeouts (59, second in AL), opponents’ BA (.190, second in AL) and HR/9.0IP (0.38, second in AL), third in opponents’ SLG (.276, second in AL) and fourth in opponents’ OPS (.564, third in AL).
Own an 8.0 scoreless inning streak.
Have posted a 1.37 ERA (39.1IP, 6ER) in their last 10 games.
STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has reached base in each of his 10 games this season and has hit safely in nine of those games…matches the second-longest season-opening on-base streak of his career (12G in 2016 and 10G in 2013). Has hit safely in each of his last six games, batting .333 (8- for-24) with 3R, 2 doubles, 1HR and 4RBI.
CENTRAL PERK: Since 2022, the Yankees are 27-9 (.750) vs. the AL Central…are 38-13 in their last 51 games vs. the division (since 6/23/21) and 51-19 in their last 70G (since 9/12/19). Have won 20 of their last 23 series vs. the AL Central (since 9/10/19)…have won or split 23 of their last 26 series (going 21-3-2 since 6/13/19) and 26 of their last 30 series (going 24-4-2 in series since 4/18/19).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP JHONY BRITO (2-0, 0.90 ERA)
RHP Jhony Brito will make his third career Major League start tonight vs. Minnesota…the 25-year-old will pitch on regular four days’ rest…last pitched on Saturday at Baltimore and earned his second career win, allowing just 1ER over 5.0IP (3H, 2BB, 2K)…is the first pitcher in Yankees history to throw at least 5.0IP, allow 3H-or-fewer and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career Major League starts…also became just the seventh pitcher in Yankees history to toss at least 5.0IP and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career appearances, joining Cliff Markle (first five appearances from 1915-16), Luis Gil (first two in 2021), Orlando Hernández (first two in 1998), Rich Beck (first two in 1965), Jack Quinn (first two in 1909) and Slow Joe Doyle (first two in 1906)…was just the sixth to do so as a starter (Markle made his first career appearance as a reliever)…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…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: Earned his second career win in the Yankees’ 4-1 victory at Baltimore last Saturday, allowing just 1ER over 5.0IP (3H, 2BB, 2K)…became the first pitcher in Yankees history to throw at least 5.0IP, allow 3H-or-fewer and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career Major League starts (also 5.0IP, 2H, 0R in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco).
Became just the seventh pitcher in Yankees history to toss at least 5.0IP and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career appearances, joining Cliff Markle (first five appearances from 1915-16), Luis Gil (first two in 2021), Orlando Hernández (first two in 1998), Rich Beck (first two in 1965), Jack Quinn (first two in 1909) and Slow Joe Doyle (first two in 1906)…was just the sixth to do so as a starter (Markle made his first career appearance as a reliever)
Retired 14 of his final 17BF after surrendering two singles and a sacrifice fly to his first 3BF.
Became the 15th starting pitcher in franchise history to win each of his first two career games and the first since Orlando Hernández in 1998.
2023: Is 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA (10.0IP, 1ER) and 8K in two starts this season.
Is the 15th Yankees starting pitcher to go 2-0 in his first two career games and the first since Orlando Hernández in 1998.
Has received 4R of support in each of his first two starts.
MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: 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… was 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.
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)…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 five to issue 1BB-or-fewer.
Was 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 seventh Yankees pitcher to start against a National League opponent in his Major League debut, 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)…was the third starter to also record the win, joining Gil and Loáisiga.
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).
HOME SWEET HOME: Will make his second career Major League start at home…earned the win in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco at
home (5.0IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 6K)…became just the third starting pitcher in franchise history to record a win in his Major League debut at the current Yankee Stadium (Luis Gil on 8/3/21 and Jonathan Loáisiga on 6/15/18).
In 13 home games (12 starts) with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2022, went 6-1 with a 1.95 ERA (60.0IP, 13ER) and 43K.
