New York Yankees vs. The Athletics: Ryan Weathers vs. Jeffrey Springs

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 07: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees takes the field to start the game against the Athletics at Yankee Stadium on April 07, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Yankees haven’t had many losses on the young seaso

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The Yankees haven’t had many losses on the young season, but you could argue that Wednesday’s was the most frustrating so far. After starting the game with a couple hits and a couple runs in the first innings, they proceeded to not do much for the rest of the game. That allowed the Athletics to come back and eventually take the lead for good.

Thanks to that, the Yankees will now have to win Thursday’s matinee to avoid their first series loss of the season.

For this afternoon’s finale, the Yankees will

send Ryan Weathers to the hill. While his regular season debut when well enough, Weathers struggled in his last time out, looking more like the pitcher we saw struggle in spring training. We’ll see if he can right the ship today.

With a lefty on the mound, the Yankees are giving starts not only at Amed Rosario but to Randal Grichuk, who has received just two at-bats thus far. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Trent Grisham are the ones getting days off, with the lineup fairly normal besides that. It is worth noting that Ben Rice is starting against a lefty, affirming the Yankees’ commitment to him as very much the primary first baseman, with only occasional looks from Paul Goldschmidt behind him.

Said lefty for the A’s is Jeffrey Springs. The Yankees have seen Springs a decent amount over the years, back in his days with the Red Sox and Rays, and he has a career 2.03 ERA against the Bombers. He mostly stymied the Blue Jays’ and Astros’ lineups during his first two times out in 2026 and had a 105 ERA+ in 171 innings last year, so he could be a challenge.

We hope that you’ll come join us in the game thread for this afternoon’s action!

How to watch

Location: Yankee Stadium — New York, NY

First pitch: 1:35 pm ET

TV broadcast: YES Network (NYY) | NBCSCA (ATH)

Radio broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY) | Talk 650 KSTE, A’s Cast (ATH)

Online stream: Gotham Sports App, MLB.tv (out-of-market only)

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