After splitting their series against the Rays, one series was left between the Yankees and the All-Star break. The Nationals managed to take the lead late as Tim Hill didn’t have it in the eighth, but thankfully Washington’s bullpen gave it right back in the ninth to give New York their third win in five games. Ben Rice launched his 29th home run of the season and now has two more games to hit a nice, round 30 before the break, and Austin Wells hit his second home run in as many games after a lengthy
drought. All in all, that’s a great game for the Yankees to have taken, and now they can end this half of the year with a series win if they win today or tomorrow.
The break isn’t for another couple of days, but the festivities start this weekend with the MLB Draft kicking off this afternoon. We’ll have plenty of coverage of the event throughout today and tomorrow and breakdowns of what the team accomplished afterwards, but we’ll open the day up with a primer from Andrew on what to expect from today specifically. Andrew’s also got the Rivalry Roundup lined up and Matt celebrates the birthday of Harry Wolter before we get deep into prospect land.
Today’s Matchup:
New York Yankees at Washington Nationals
Time: 4:05 p.m. EST
TV: YES Network, Nationals.TV
Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
Questions/Prompts:
1. Get your guesses in for who the Yankees take with their first-round pick (35th overall).
2. Will we see any team make a trade over the break?
