Yanks Go Yard Radio Show Rewind: Yankees-Tigers Preview (4/8-4/10)

On this episode, we look ahead to the Yankees’ weekend series in Comerica Park against the Detroit Tigers

On the latest episode of the Yanks Go Yard Radio Show, I started off the episode by talking about the New York Yankees taking two out of three from the Houston Astros. While there was the controversial play on Tuesday involving Dellin Betances and Carlos Correa, the story of New York’s opening series was the success of the offense.

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In addition to finally scoring some runs against Dallas Keuchel, the Bronx Bombers put up 24 runs in the last two games and hit six home runs. Starlin Castro stole the show in his first series as a Yankee as he went 7-for-12 in the three games with two home runs and eight RBI’s.

Now, the Yankees are in Detroit today to take on the Tigers, who swept their first series of the season against the Miami Marlins. Brad Ausmus’ team scored 15 runs in the first two games and Victor Martinez had two of Detroit’s five home runs in that series.

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The offense has always been a strength for the Tigers with guys like Martinez and Miguel Cabrera, but they added to that lineup during the offseason when they signed Justin Upton to a six-year deal worth $132.75 million (two-year opt-out). Also, they added to their rotation by signing former National Jordan Zimmermann to a five-year deal worth $110 million.

To talk more about the Tigers, my guest was Aaron Nusbaum, a staff writer over at Motor City Bengals. Aaron gave his grade of the offseason and talked about Detroit’s new bullpen, which had some rough patches in the first two games. Here were the topics we discussed:

• Bigger impact on the Tigers: Zimmermann or Upton?
• Takeaways from Detroit’s first two games
• Pitching Matchup Breakdown
• Expectations For Zimmermann this season (Today’s starter)
• Why I think Luis Severino (Today’s starter) will have the most wins on the Yankees this season
• Is Mike Pelfrey (Tomorrow’s starter) the veteran anchor to the Tigers’ rotation?
• What to expect in CC Sabathia’s first start (Tomorrow’s Yankees’ starter)
• The Yankees have 12 home runs against Justin Verlander (Sunday’s starter) since 2012
• Impressions of Masahiro Tanaka’s (Sunday’s starter) first outing vs. Houston
• Yankees Hitters To Watch: Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann
• Tigers Hitters To Watch: Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez
• How big is the gap between the Tigers and Royals in the AL Central?

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Be sure to tune in to the YGY Radio Show Monday night at 9 PM ET as we will be previewing the Yankees-Blue Jays series at the Rogers Centre with the editor of Jays Journal, Keegan Matheson.

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