The New York Yankees are gearing up to face the Minnesota Twins Tuesday night at 7:40 p.m. They will host Jameson Tylon on the hill as a starter in the first game of the three-game series.
Tylon shows a master class in his last game against the Los Angeles Angels. He gave up two hits and one went over 8.0 innings. In fact, Jameson has only allowed two tries in his last three matches, knocking out 18 batters in 23 total innings. He was one of the team’s top starters this season with a 2.30 ERA per 58.2 innings.
The 30-year veteran is ending a tough 2021 campaign with multiple injuries. He has been mostly healthy this year, posting some of the best results of his career. His strikeouts in nine are down a bit, but he is walking the fewest hitters at 0.77 in nine. He also conceded the fewest home runs of his career at 0.61 per nine.
The Yankees will see a few familiar faces this week:
The Yankees will see two familiar faces in Minnesota. Earlier in the offseason, general manager Brian Cashman made a deal with the Minnesota sending Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela west in exchange for Isaiah Keener-Falef, Josh Donaldson and Ben Rortvedt.
Sanchez is hitting .229 with seven homers and 27 RBIs this year. Offensively, he has been inconsistent for Minnesota, hitting base with a 29% lead compared to 30.7% last year. He walks about twice as fast as he did in 2021 with the Yankees, indicating that his game has deteriorated in some areas.
In the Minnesota infield, the Yankees will see former third baseman Gio Urshela. Urshela has a solid 2022 campaign hitting .268 with five homers and 23 RBIs over 49 games. His 14.1% strikeout percentage is the lowest since 2017 with Cleveland. In fact, it hits the base 32.6% of the time, up from 30% last year. Even though his hitting ability has decreased slightly, the Twins often actively engage him in baseball, which is a positive.
On defense, Gio remains a strong player, having played 393 innings in a hot rotation for the Twins this year. Urshela has four errors and a .965 fielding percentage, up several percentage points from 2021.
This should be a competitive contest for the Yankees, as the Twins have a 32–24 record and are number one in the AL Central.
