Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Yankee Stadium 1:05 p.m. ET Game #6 Home Game #2 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish)

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1 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION YANKEE STADIUM ONE EAST 161ST STREET BRONX, NY PHONE: (718) SOCIAL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2018 (2017) Standing in AL East: rd, -1.5G Current Streak: Won 1 Current Homestand: Recent Road Trip: Home Record: (51-30) Road Record: (40-41) Day Record: (34-27) Night Record: (57-44) Pre-All-Star (45-41) Post-All-Star (46-30) vs. AL East: (44-32) vs. AL Central: (18-15) vs. AL West: (14-19) vs. National League: (15-5) vs. RH starters: (67-48) vs. LH starters: (24-23) Yankees Score First: (55-18) Opp. Score First: (36-53) Leading After 6: (75-10) Trailing After 6: (10-52) Tied After 6: (6-9) Leading After 7: (78-5) Trailing After 7: (8-59) Tied After 7: (5-7) Leading After 8: (82-4) Trailing After 8: (5-65) Tied After 8: (4-2) Extra-Inning Games: (5-6) One-run Games: (18-26) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (29-35) NYY Scores 5 or more: (68-19) NYY Scores 4 or more: (76-28) NYY Scores 3 or fewer: (15-43) NYY Scores 2 or fewer: (4-33) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (15-47) Opp. Scores 4 or fewer: (76-24) Opp. Scores 3 or fewer: (63-12) Opp. Scores 2 or fewer: (45-6) Yankees No Errors: (52-35) Yankees Make Error(s): (39-36) NYY Starter Goes 6: (62-23) Comeback Wins: (41) Yankees hit 0HR: (8-27) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (83-44) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (51-16) Walk-off Wins-Losses: (5-6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: (19-8-0) Series Record, road: (9-12-5) Sweeps by NYY / by Opp.:...0 (10) / 0 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.60) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.80) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY April 4, 2008: In the bottom of the third, Hideki Matsui (HR), Jose Molina (double), Derek Jeter (triple) and Alex Rodriguez (single) hit for a team cycle vs. Tampa Bay. Jason Giambi adds another double in the 4R inning, but the Yankees lose, April 4, 1989: On Opening Day at Minnesota, Yankees starter Tommy John sets an MLB record by pitching in his 26th Major League season (since broken by Nolan Ryan with 27). He allows just 2R in 7.0IP, earning the 287th win of his career in a 4-2 Yankees victory. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY April 5, 2005: Derek Jeter hits his only career regular season walk-off HR, breaking a 3-3 tie vs. Boston with a ninth-inning solo shot off Keith Foulke. April 5, 1995: The Yankees acquire closer John Wetteland from Montreal. Wetteland would go on to become the 1996 World Series MVP, recording a save in each of the Yankees' four wins. April 5, 1977: The Yankees acquire shortstop Bucky Dent from the Chicago White Sox for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt, Bob Polinsky and cash. April 5, 1913: The Yankees lose to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-2 in an exhibition game at Ebbets Field, marking the stadium s first contest. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Fri. vs. BAL: Gates 6 & 8 open 3 hours prior to first pitch so fans can watch the entirety of Yankees batting practice Sun. vs. BAL: Calendar Day pres. by MasterCard (1st 40,000 guests) 4/21 vs. TOR: Yankees Tote Bag Day pres. by MLB Network (1st 40,000 guests) 4/23 vs. MIN: David Wells Bobblehead Night pres. by AT&T (1st 18,000 guests) NEW YORK YANKEES (3-2) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (1-4) RHP Luis Severino (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Blake Snell (0-0, 0.00) Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Yankee Stadium 1:05 p.m. ET Game #6 Home Game #2 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees play the final game of their two-game series vs. Tampa Bay after winning the home opener, 11-4, on Tuesday the opener had been rescheduled following Monday's postponement due to snow split a season-opening four-game series at Toronto are 1-0 on their six-game homestand; will finish with 4G vs. Baltimore (Thurs.-Sun.) will have an off day on Mon., followed by 3G at Boston (4/10-12) and 3G at Detroit (4/13-15). Are scheduled to play their first 13G vs. the AL East. Are one game into a stretch of 16 of 22G at home (4/3-26). Seven of the Yankees' first 10G of 2018 are day games. Have two scheduled off days (4/9, 18) before starting a seasonlong stretch of games on 18 consecutive days (4/19-5/6). With Tuesday's win, are 16-3 in series openers vs. Tampa Bay since the start of 2015, including 10-0 at Yankee Stadium coming into today, have won 10 consecutive home series over the Rays, their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and the longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium. YESTERDAY'S NEWS: On Tuesday, the Yankees defeated Tampa Bay, 11-4, in their home opener, which had been postponed due to snow on Monday LHP Jordan Montgomery started and allowed 1ER in 5.0IP (2H, 4BB, 4K) in a no-decision SS Didi Gregorius (4-for-4, 3R, 1 double, 2HR, 8RBI, 1BB) had a leadoff double in the second, hit a pair of three-run HRs (in the third and seventh innings), walked in the fifth, and had a two-run single in the eighth, tallying a careerhigh 8RBI and setting a single-game franchise record for RBI by a shortstop and RBI by any Yankee in a home opener also tied his career high with four hits (7x, first since 9/10/17 at Texas) and reached base safely a career-high-tying five times (4x, first since 6/12/17 at Los Angeles-AL) RF Aaron Judge (2-for-3, 1RBI, 2BB) reached base safely four times and had his first RBI of the season with a bases-loaded walk in the eighth LF Brett Gardner (2-for-4) scored 3R and threw out a runner at the plate LF Giancarlo Stanton (0-for-5) struck out five times, the most in a game in his career, tying the Yankees single-game franchise mark (eighth time, first since now-gcl Yankees West manager David Adams on 9/29/13 at Houston) RHP Tommy Kahnle (1.2IP, 1H, 4K) recorded his second career win as a Yankee (also 8/16/17 at the Mets). Improved to 6-4 in home openers at the current Yankee Stadium are 17-4 in all home openers since 1998, 22-5 since 1992 and 28-7 since 1984 are in home openers all time since the franchise s inception in WS MVP Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers threw out the ceremonial first pitches. FOR STARTERS: Yankees starters have posted a 1.40 ERA (25.2IP, 4ER) over their first five games this season, the secondbest mark in the Majors (Boston-1.03). With RHP Luis Severino tossing 5.2 scoreless innings on Thursday, RHP Masahiro Tanaka allowing 1ER in 6.0IP on Friday, LHP CC Sabathia allowing 2R/1ER in 5.0IP on Saturday, RHP Sonny Gray allowing 1ER in 4.0IP on Sunday, and LHP Jordan Montgomery allowing 1ER in 5.0IP on Tuesday, marks the first time in franchise history since earned runs became an official statistic in the AL in 1913 that all five Yankees starters over the first five games of a season each allowed 1ER-or-fewer are one of just two such teams this season (Boston-6G). Three of five starters this season (Severino, Tanaka and Montgomery) have allowed 3H-or-fewer in their start. BABY BOMBERS: Despite having no rookies, the Yankees Opening Day active roster's average age was 28 years, 150 days, the club's youngest since at least 1993 marks the third consecutive year that the Yankees average age on Opening Day was under 30 years old ( in 2017, in 2016) every Yankees Opening Day roster from averaged over 30 years old. Both players recalled since O.D. are rookies (OF Billy McKinney, INF Miguel Andújar). OCTA-GONE: In Tuesday's home opener win vs. Tampa Bay, SS Didi Gregorius went 4-for-4 with 3R, 1 double, 2HR, 1BB and a career-high 8RBI, setting a single-game franchise record for RBI by a shortstop and RBI by a Yankee in a home opener also tied his career high with four hits (7x) and reached base safely a career-high-tying five times (4x) marked his second career multi-home run game (also 2HR on 7/23/17 at Seattle). Is the 11th Yankee all-time with at least 8RBI in a game and just the second in the last 22 seasons (since 1997), joining Alex Rodriguez (10RBI on 4/26/05 vs. Los Angeles-AL) is just the second middle infielder in Yankees history to accomplish the feat, joining single-game franchise recordholder 2B Tony Lazzeri (11RBI on 5/24/36 at Philadelphia) the Yankees are the first franchise to have a player at all eight positions (excl. pitcher) record at least 8RBI in a game (see chart) credit: Mark Simon, Sports Info Solutions. Marked the seventh time a Major League shortstop had at least 8RBI in a game and first since Boston s Nomar Garciaparra had 8RBI on 7/23/02-G1 vs. Tampa Bay is the sixth SS in MLB history to GLOBAL POSITIONING 8+ RBI GAMES, BY POSITION, YANKEES HISTORY Pos. /Year C Elston Howard (1962) Yogi Berra (1957) 1B Lou Gehrig-3x (1930-2x, '32) 2B Tony Lazzeri (1936) 3B Alex Rodriguez (2005) SS DIDI GREGORIUS (2018) LF George Selkirk (1938) accomplish the feat (also Garciaparra-twice, Miguel Tejada, Cal Ripken Jr., Chris Speier and Travis Jackson) is just the third shortstop to do it with 4H (Tejada, 6/30/01 at Texas; Jackson, 8/4/23 at Cincinnati). His 8RBI marked the highest single-game total in the history of the current Yankee Stadium (since 2009). Has 8H this season, including an MLB-leading seven extrabase hits (4 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR) according to YES Network research, his 7XBH are tied for the most through the first five games of a season in Yankees history (Alex Rodriguez- 7XBH in 2007) are also tied for the sixth-most XBHs through five team games of a season for any player since at least According to YES Network research, is one of three shortstops in Yankees franchise history with at least 2HR and 6RBI in a game, joining Roy Smalley (9/5/82 at Kansas City) and Everett Scott (7/4/23-G1 vs. Washington-AL). His 47HR since 2016 rank fourth among all MLB players whose primary position is shortstop (Trevor Story-51, Francisco Lindor-48, Corey Seager-48). Has hit 30HR at Yankee Stadium since being acquired by the team prior to the 2015 season, trailing only Aaron Judge (36). Is just the second Yankees cleanup hitter in the last 61 years (since 1958) with at least 8RBI in a game (also Danny Tartabull, 9RBI on 9/8/92 at Baltimore) and the fifth all time (Berra-1x, DiMaggio-2x, Gehrig-2x, Tartabull-1x) over his last 25G batting cleanup (since 9/4/17), is batting.316/.346/.633 (31- for-98) with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 7HR, 33RBI. DOUBLE TROUBLE: With SS Didi Gregorius hitting 2HR in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay, 1B Tyler Austin hitting 2HR in Saturday's loss at Toronto and OF Giancarlo Stanton hitting 2HR in the season-opening win on Thursday at Toronto, it marks the first time in franchise history that three Yankees players tallied multi-hr games within the club's first 5G of a season (previous best was 1990, when Mike Blowers, Dave Winfield and Jesse Barfield accomplished the feat within the club's first 13G). NEW SKIP ON THE BLOCK: Manager Aaron Boone won his first game as an MLB manager on Thurs. at Toronto is the 18th manager to win his Yankees managerial debut. According to Elias, he and his father, Bob, are the third father-son duo to serve as Major League managers, following George and Dick Sisler and Bob and Joel Skinner. Is the sixth consecutive Yankees manager to win his home Yankees managerial debut (also Girardi-2008, Torre-1996, CF Joe DiMaggio-2x (1939, '40) Bernie Williams (1996) RF Paul O'Neill (1995) Danny Tartabull (1992) George Selkirk (1935) Vic Raschi owns the club record for RBI by a pitcher (7RBI, 8/4/53 vs. Detroit). credit: Mark Simon, Sports Info Solutions UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Thursday, 4/5 vs. Baltimore RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Andrew Cashner (0-1, 7.20) 6:35 p.m. WPIX Friday, 4/6 vs. Baltimore LHP CC Sabathia (0-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 13.50) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Saturday, 4/7 vs. Baltimore RHP Sonny Gray (0-0, 2.25) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (0-1, 9.00) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sunday, 4/8 vs. Baltimore LHP Jordan Montgomery (0-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Mike Wright, Jr. (0-0, 5.40) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN 660AM/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP

2 YANKEES vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees are 1-0 vs. the Rays in 2018 will play the second of 19 games against Tampa Bay today (9G in the Bronx, 10G in St. Petersburg) have won 16 of their last 21 series vs. the Rays, going in 66 games since 8/15/14 are 16-3 in series openers since the start of 2015 IN 2017: Went 12-7 vs. the Rays in 2017, including 8-2 at home, 2-4 at the Trop and 2-1 at Citi Field in a series relocated from St. Petersburg due to Hurricane Irma won 4-of-6 series IN SEASON SERIES: Have won three consecutive season series ( ) after not winning any of their previous five season series (went fom ) are in all-time season series vs. the Rays AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 1-0 at Yankee Stadium in 2018 the Yankees were 8-2 against the Rays in 2017, tied for their second-most victories over one team in a single season at Yankee Stadium (10-0 vs. Toronto in 2013, 8-2 vs. Baltimore in 2017) have won 10 consecutive home series over the Rays, their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and the longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium have won 10 consecutive home series openers against the Rays (since start of 2015) are 24-8 in their last 31 home matchups (since 9/10/14) are vs. the Rays at the current Yankee Stadium (since 2009) have won 15-of-20 home season series (15-4-1) vs. Tampa Bay (lost in 2014, 13, 10 and 05) IN POSTSEASON: The Rays are one of three AL teams that the Yankees have not faced in the postseason (also Chicago-AL and Toronto). NYY BATTERS vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS 2018 AND CAREER 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Miguel Andújar Tyler Austin Brandon Drury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Judge Austin Romine Gary Sánchez Giancarlo Stanton Ronald Torreyes Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. LHP BLAKE SNELL CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Miguel Andújar Tyler Austin Brandon Drury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Judge Austin Romine Gary Sánchez Giancarlo Stanton Ronald Torreyes Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY vs. TAMPA BAY in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/2 at NYY ppd. (snow) 4/3 at NYY W /4 at NYY /14 at NYY /15 at NYY /16 at NYY /17 at NYY /22 at TB /23 at TB /24 at TB /23 at TB /24 at TB /25 at TB /14 at NYY /15 at NYY /16 at NYY /24 at TB /25 at TB /26 at TB /27 at TB Total in All-time vs. TB: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Tropicana Field: All-time at Tokyo Dome (2004): 1-1 All-time at Citi Field (2017): 2-1 NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2018 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games Record Home 1-0 (9) (9) (3) (3) (4) (3) (4) (3) (4) (3) (3) 1-0 (4) (10) (3) (2) (3) - (2) Road 2-2 (10) (10) (3) (4) (3) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (10) (3) (2) (3) (3) (2) UP NEXT YANKEES vs. Baltimore (Thurs.-Sun.): The Yankees and Orioles will meet 19 times in 2018 (9G in the Bronx, 10G in Baltimore), beginning with a four-game series in the Bronx from Thurs.-Sun. have won three straight series between the clubs since 6/9/17, going 8-2 in that span is their longest streak of series won against the O s since winning three in a row from 7/5-9/12/13 last won four straight series from 9/17/10-7/31/ TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 2 (3/29-30) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road... 1(4/3-present) / 2 (3/29-30) Longest Losing Streak...2 (3/31-4/1) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road...None / 2 (3/31-present) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games...3:29 (4/3 vs. TB) / Same Longest Game, Innings...No extra inning games Shortest Game, Time, All Games....2:37 (3/31 at TOR) Largest Margin of Victory...7 (4/3 vs. TB) Largest Margin of Defeat... 3 (4/1 at TOR) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win...None Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road... 46,776 / 48,115 TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning...11 (4/3 vs. TB) / 4, 2x (last: 4/3 vs. TB, 7th inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games... 11, 2x (last: 4/3 vs. TB) / Same Most Home Runs, All Games...3 (3/29 at TOR) Shut Out...None Fewest Hits, All Games...4 (3/31 at TOR) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games...14 (4/3 vs. TB) / Same Hitting Streak, 2018 Season / Current... 4G (Gregorius, 3/30-pres.) / 4G (Gregorius, 3/30-pres.) Walk-off Wins...None TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning... 7 (4/1 at TOR) / 4 (4/1 at TOR, 8th inn.) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games...12 (4/1 at TOR) / Same Fewest Hits Allowed, Game...2 (3/29 at TOR) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...2 (4/1 at TOR) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games , 3x (last: 4/1 at TOR) / Same Shutouts...None Complete Games...None Walk-Off Losses...None 2018 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 3, 3x (last: Gardner & Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); Hits- 4 (Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); Doubles- 1, 12x (last: Austin & Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); Triples- 1 (Gregorius, 3/30 at TOR); HR- 2, 3x (last: Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); RBI- 8 (Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); BB- 3 (Stanton, 4/1 at TOR); SB- None. PITCHING: IP in Start- 6.0 (Tanaka, 3/30 at TOR); IP in Relief- 2.0, 2x (Green, 4/1 at TOR); Hits- 7 (Gray, 4/1 at TOR); Runs- 4 (Robertson, 4/1 at TOR); ER- 4 (Robertson, 4/1 at TOR); BB- 4 (Montgomery, 4/3 vs. TB); K- 8, 2x (last: Gray, 4/1 at TOR); HR- 1, 5x (last: Kahnle & Robertson, 4/1 at TOR); Pitches- 91 (Severino, 3/29 at TOR). FIELDING: Errors- 1, 4x (last: Drury, 4/3 vs. TB) PLAYERS USED (26) P (11): RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Sonny Gray, RHP Chad Green, RHP Jonathan Holder, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Jordan Montgomery, RHP David Robertson, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Luis Severino, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, RHP Adam Warren; C (2): Austin Romine, Gary Sánchez; INF (6): Miguel Andújar, Tyler Austin, Brandon Drury, Didi Gregorius, Tyler Wade, Neil Walker; OF (5): Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Billy McKinney, Giancarlo Stanton YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (6) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Greg Bird Right ankle surgery 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 10-day (5) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 10-day (5) Clint Frazier Concussion 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 7-day (5) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (5) Aaron Hicks Right oblique strain 3/30 (retro to 3/29) 10-day (4) Billy McKinney Left shoulder sprain 4/1 10-day (2) Reinstated from D.L. in 2018 (0): None Season: 6 players in 6 stints / 2017 Season: 18 players in 24 stints CATCHER S BOX CATCHER ERA INN ER W-L CS SB CS% PB Romine Sánchez STARTS BY POSITION PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andújar Austin Drury Gardner Gregorius Hicks Judge McKinney Romine Sánchez Stanton Torreyes Wade Walker Games with no DH: 0 RUNS SCORED BY INNING Yankees Opponents STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Andújar Austin Drury Gardner Gregorius Hicks Judge McKinney Romine Sánchez Stanton Torreyes Wade Walker Pitchers MOST RECENT HRs Andújar No career home runs Austin 2HR, 3/31/18 at TOR (Estrada 2x) Drury 4/1/18 at TOR (Stroman) Gardner 3/29/18 at TOR (Barnes) Gregorius 2HR, 4/3/18 vs. TB (Archer/Pruitt) Hicks 9/28/17 vs. TB (Roe) Judge 9/30/17 vs. TOR (Stroman) Romine 4/29/17 vs. BAL (Nuño) Sánchez 9/25/17 vs. KC (Cahill) Stanton 2HR, 3/29/18 at TOR (Happ/Clippard) Torreyes 7/30/17 vs. TB (Faria) Wade No career home runs Walker 9/15/17 vs. MIA (Ellington) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 0x in 2018 / 5x in 2017 Last: Gardner, 9/28/17 vs. TB (off Faria) PINCH-HIT HRs 0x in 2018 / 4x in 2017 Last: Hicks, 9/28/17 vs. TB (off Roe) WALK-OFF HRs 0x in 2018 / 3x in 2017 Last: Gardner, 7/27/17 vs. TB (off Kittredge) EJECTIONS (0x in 2018) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Last player: Dellin Betances, 8/24 at DET (DeMuth) Last manager: Joe Girardi, 8/27 at SEA (Everitt) 2017: By player (4) / By manager (5) / By coach (2) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (1)...4/2 vs. TB (snow) Delays at Start (1)...4/3 vs. TB (0:14, rain) Delays In-Game (0)...None Games Called Early (0)...None 2017: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (7) / Delays In-Game (2) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN - Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS MULTI-HR GAMES 3x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Gregorius 2HR, 4/3 vs. TB (Archer/Pruitt) Austin 2HR, 3/31 at TOR (Estrada 2x) Stanton 2HR, 3/29 at TOR (Happ/Clippard) Last 3HR: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 at MIN (off Milone/Perkins) GRAND SLAMS 0x in 2018 / 4x in 2017 Last: Gregorius, 7/1/17 at HOU (off Harris) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2018 / 0x in 2017 Last: Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN (off Mijares) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs 0x/0x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Last: Gardner/Judge, 9/28/17 vs. TB (1st inn.) Last b2b: Gardner/Judge, 9/28/17 vs. TB (1st inn.) Last b2b2b: Holliday/Castro/Gregorius, 6/3/17 at TOR (8th inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th) MISCELLANEOUS RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 8 / Runs: 28 / Runs via HR: 15 (53.6%) Solo (3): Austin-1, Gardner-1, Stanton-1 2-Run (3): Austin-1, Drury-1, Stanton-1 3-Run (2): Gregorius-2 Grand Slams (0): None 2017: HRs: 241 / Runs: 858 / Runs via HR: 401 (46.7%) 2017: Solo (128) / 2R (70) / 3R (39) / GS (4) REPLAY CHALLENGES (2x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 1 (0 overturned, 0 confirmed, 1 stand) Opp. Challenges: 1 (0 overturned, 1 confirmed, 0 stand) Umpires: 0 (0 overt d, 0 conf d, 0 stand, 0 rec. keeping) 2017 (86): NYY (30-2-8) / Opp. ( ) / Umps ( ) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 5 After Game (3rd, -1.5) -- (--,--) (T4th, -3.5) 2-4 (4th, -2.5) (3rd, -1.5) 4-2 (2nd, -2.5) (5th, -3.0) 2-4 (5th, -2.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS Mar. 13 Following the game, optioned C Kyle Higashioka and INF Gleyber Torres to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 14 Released INF/OF Adam Lind from his minor league contract. Mar. 15 Reassigned RHP Chance Adams to minor league camp. Mar. 16 Acquired RHP Luis Gil from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for OF Jake Cave. Mar. 18 Optioned INF Miguel Andújar to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre reassigned OF Estevan Florial to minor league camp. Mar. 20 Received RHP Anyelo Gómez as a Rule 5 Draft return from the Atlanta Braves and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 21 Optioned INF/OF Tyler Austin, RHP Giovanny Gallegos, RHP Ben Heller and OF Billy McKinney to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 23 Optioned RHP Luis Cessa to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre released LHP Wade LeBlanc from his minor league contract. Mar. 24 Optioned RHP Domingo Germán to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre received 1B Mike Ford as a Rule 5 Draft return from the Seattle Mariners and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 28 Received RHP José Mesa Jr. as a Rule 5 Draft return from the Baltimore Orioles and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 29 Placed 1B Greg Bird on the 10-day disabled list with right ankle surgery (retroactive to 3/26) placed OF Jacoby Ellsbury on the 10-day disabled list with a right oblique strain (retroactive to 3/26) placed OF Clint Frazier on the 7-day concussion disabled list (retroactive to 3/26) recalled INF/OF Tyler Austin from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Mar. 30 Placed OF Aaron Hicks on the 10-day disabled list with a right intercostal muscle strain recalled OF Billy McKinney from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Apr. 1 Placed OF Billy McKinney on the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder sprain recalled INF Miguel Andújar from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Apr. 2 Voided the minor league option of RHP Ben Heller and placed him on the 10-day disabled list with a right elbow bone spur. Apr. 3 Acquired OF Trayce Thompson off waivers from Los Angeles Dodgers transferred RHP Ben Heller to the 60-day disabled list.

3 RHP Luis Severino will make his second start of the season today vs. Tampa Bay the 24-year-old will start on extended five days' rest due to the off day on Tuesday made his first career Opening Day start on Friday at Toronto, allowing just 1H over 5.2 scoreless innings (3BB, 7K) to earn the win was the first scoreless Opening Day start by a Yankee since Roger Clemens (6.0IP, 3H) on 3/31/03 at Toronto at 24 years, 37 days, Severino was the youngest Yankees Opening Day starter since Lefty Gomez (23 years, 138 days) on 4/12/32 at Philadelphia-AL was 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA (13.1IP, 5ER) in three starts this spring marks his third straight season beginning the year in the starting rotation finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting after posting a 14-6 record and 2.98 ERA (193.1IP, 64ER) in 31 starts made his first career AL All-Star Team in 2017 was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11. LAST START: Made his first career Opening Day start on Friday at Toronto, yielding just 1H over 5.2 scoreless innings (3BB, 7K) to earn the win was the first scoreless Opening Day start by a Yankee since Roger Clemens (6.0IP, 3H) on 3/31/03 at Toronto the 1H marked the fewest by a Yankees Opening Day starter since at least At 24 years, 37 days, was the fifth-youngest pitcher since 1908 to allow 1H-or-fewer in a scoreless Opening Day start was the youngest since 21-year-old Bob Feller threw a no-hitter for Cleveland on 4/16/40 at Chicago-AL. Is the first Yankees starter to earn a win on Opening Day since Chien-Ming Wang on 4/1/08 vs. Toronto. Was the first Dominican-born pitcher in Yankees history to earn the nod was the fourth foreign-born pitcher to start for the Yankees on Opening Day, joining Masahiro Tanaka (Japan) in , Chien-Ming Wang (Taiwan) in 2008 and Orlando Hernandez (Cuba) in At 24 years, 37 days, was the youngest Yankees Opening Day starter since Lefty Gomez (23 years, 138 days on 4/12/1932 at Philadelphia-AL) only three pitchers younger than Severino have started for the Yankees on Opening Day: Gomez, Ray Caldwell (23 years, 351 days on 4/11/1912 vs. Boston) and Hippo Vaughn twice (23 years, 3 days on 4/12/1911 at Philadelphia-AL; 22 years, 5 days on 4/14/1910 vs. Boston). SPRING TRAINING: Made three official spring starts, going 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA (13.1IP, 12H, 6R/5ER, 3BB, 17K) completed 5.0IP and recorded 7K in each of his final two starts made his last spring start on 3/24 against Atlanta in Lake Buena Vista (5.0IP, 2ER). HOME SWEET HOME: Went 8-5 with a 3.71 ERA (97.0IP, 40ER) in 16 home starts won five of his last eight starts at Yankee Stadium (5-2) his 114K were the second-highest single-season total in the history of the current Stadium (Sabathia-120K in 2011). VS. TAMPA BAY: Has a 5-1 record and 2.83 ERA (41.1IP, 38H, 13ER, 12BB, 55K, 5HR) in 10 games (six starts) in his career against the Rays is 3-1 with a 3.91 ERA (25.1IP, 11ER) in five games (four starts) vs. the Rays at Yankee Stadium went 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA (18.0IP, 4ER) in three starts vs. the Rays in : Went 14-6 with a 2.98 ERA (193.1IP, 64ER) and 230K in 31 regular season starts in 2017 had the lowest ERA by a qualified Yankee since David Cone (2.82) and Andy Pettitte (2.88) in 1997 won nine of his final 13 reg. season starts the Yankees went in his 31 starts, winning 13 of his last 15 allowed 1ER-or-fewer in 10-of-14 starts after the All-Star Break, going 9-2 with a 2.28 ERA (86.2IP, 22ER). Ranked third in the AL in ERA, fourth in strikeouts, ninth in innings pitched and tied for ninth in wins TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (1-0, 0.00 ERA) his 5.7 WAR (FanGraphs) was third among AL pitchers and fourth in the Majors. Ranked sixth in the Majors with 230K, the fourth Yankees pitcher to record 230K in a season, joining Ron Guidry (248 in 1978), Jack Chesbro (239 in 1904) and CC Sabathia (230 in 2011) recorded the highest K/9.0IP ratio by a qualifying pitcher in Yankees history (10.71) POSTSEASON: Went 1-1 with a 5.63 ERA (16.0IP, 10ER) in his first four career postseason starts in Made his postseason debut in the 2017 AL Wild Card Game vs. Minnesota (ND, 0.1IP, 3ER), matching the shortest start by a Yankees pitcher in postseason history (also Art Ditmar in 1960 WS Game 1 at Pittsburgh and Bob Turley in 1958 WS Game 2 at Milwaukee) at 23 years, 225 days old, was the youngest Yankee to start a postseason game since Andy Pettitte (23.111) in 1995 ALDS Game 2 vs. Seattle. With 9K in 2017 ALDS Game 4 vs. Cleveland, is the second-youngest Yankee (23 years, 231 days) to record 9K in a postseason game, behind Dave Righetti (22 years, 314 days for 1981 ALDS Game 2 at Milwaukee-10K). Started two potential elimination games at age-23; only two other such games in Yankees history were started by pitchers 23-or-younger: Mel Stottlemyre (22 years, 337 days in 1964 WS Game 7 at St. Louis) and Waite Hoyt (22 years, 34 days in 1921 WS Game 8 vs. New York Giants). SEVERINO'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 3/29 at TOR 6-1 W / Leading 4-0 GS Totals (1GS) w/ G. Sánchez (1GS) * Started after a Yankees loss / bold = season high SEVERINO'S 2018 SPRING STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 3/8 vs. PHI 6-7 ND / Tied 0-0 3/18 vs. MIA 8-5 W / Leading 5-3 3/24 at ATL 8-3 ND / Tied 2-2 Totals (3GS) SEVERINO'S CAREER APPEARANCES VS. TAMPA BAY Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 9/4/15 vs. TB 5-2 W / Leading 3-1 9/16/15 at TB 3-1 W / Leading 2-1 7/31/16 at TB / *relief* 8/14/16 vs. TB 3-12 L / Trailing 5-1 9/11/16 vs. TB / *relief* 9/20/16 at TB 5-3 W / *relief* 9/22/16 at TB / *relief* 4/13/17 vs. TB 3-2 W / Leading 3-2 5/19/17 at TB 4-5 ND / Leading 2-1 9/27/17 vs. TB 6-1 W / Leading 6-1 Totals (10G/6GS) YANKEES SINGLE-SEASON STRIKEOUT LEADERS RK PITCHER YEAR K 1 Ron Guidry Jack Chesbro LUIS SEVERINO CC Sabathia David Cone MLB STRIKEOUT LEADERS, 2017 RK PITCHER TEAM K 1 Chris Sale BOS Max Scherzer WSH Corey Kluber CLE Chris Archer TB Jacob degrom NYM LUIS SEVERINO NYY 230 SEVERINO VS. TAMPA BAY (CAREER) W-L ERA G/GS IP H ER All Games / At Home / SEVERINO VS. TAMPA BAY BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Duffy Gomez Hechavarria Kiermaier Miller Robertson Smith Sucre SEVERINO'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 9/15/17 vs. BAL H , on 4/8/16 at DET R , on 8/12/17 vs. BOS ER , on 8/12/17 vs. BOS BB (3x), last on 6/16/17 at OAK K , on 6/27/17 at CWS HR (2x), last on 8/28/17 vs. CLE Pitches , on 7/31/17 vs. DET 10K Games , last on 9/9/17 at TEX (10K) Low-hit CG N/A CG SHO N/A CAREER SPLITS W-L G/GS IP ER ERA AVG Total / Home / Road / Starter / Reliever / Day / Night / OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.056/.190/ vs. Left.200/.429/ vs. Right.000/.071/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.225/.288/ vs. Left.235/.305/ vs. Right.216/.273/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total THURSDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. BALTIMORE: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (1-0, 1.50 ERA) RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his second start of the season on Thursday vs. Baltimore the 29-year-old will pitch on extended five days' rest after winning his season debut in Friday's at Toronto (6.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 8K) has 2BB-or-fewer in 94-of-106 career regular season starts went with a 4.74 ERA (178.1IP, 180H, 100R/94ER, 41BB, 194K, 35HR) in 30 starts in 2017 the Yankees went in his 30 starts in 2017 recorded his 600th strikeout on 8/27/17 vs. Seattle, becoming the sixth Japanese pitcher to record at least 600 Major League strikeouts was the first Yankee to record at least 600K through his first four Major League seasons TANAKA VS. BALTIMORE (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games At Y.S has 152 career wins between MLB (53) and NPB (99) his 5.18 career K/BB ratio (639K/125BB) is the highest (min IP) in the Modern Era (since 1900) the 2014 AL All-Star was acquired by the club via the posting system from the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14 his contract runs through the 2020 season. LAST START: Earned the win on Fri. at Toronto, giving up just 3H and 1ER in 6.0IP (8K, 0BB) permitted his only run on a Randal Grichuk solo HR in the second retired his last 13BF threw just 79 pitches (61 strikes) to get through 6.0IP, his second-lowest pitch count for a start of at least 6.0IP (fewest: 78 in 7.0IP on 6/3/15 at Seattle) marked his first win in a season debut since winning his Major League debut in 2014 was his 13th career start with at least 8K and 0BB, tied for eighth-most in the Majors since 2014 was his 69th start with 1BB-or-fewer and is with a 3.15 ERA (459.1IP, 161ER) in those games.

4 YANKEE DOODLES #17 AARON BOONE MANAGER Career Managerial Record: 3-2 Won his first home game as a manager, becoming the sixth straight Yankees manager to win his home Yankees managerial debut (also Girardi-2008, Torre-1996, Showalter-1992, Merrill-1990 and Dent-1989) with Thursday's win at Toronto, became the 11th manager to win his Yankees managerial debut on Opening Day and the 18th to win his Yankees managerial debut at any point during the season. Is the 18th Yankees manager to have also played for the club. Was named the 33rd manager in Yankees history on 12/4/17, signing a three-year contract through the 2020 season with a team option for According to Elias, joins his father, Bob, as the third father-son duo to both serve as Major League managers, joining George and Dick Sisler and Bob and Joel Skinner Bob Boone spent parts of six seasons as a Major League skipper. With his grandfather (Ray), father (Bob) and older brother (Bret), is part of the first family in Baseball history to produce three generations of Major League players. #41 MIGUEL ANDÚJAR INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Did not play in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay made his season debut in Sunday's loss at Toronto, starting at DH and going 0-for-4 was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/WB prior to the game..in 15 spring training games with the Yankees, batted.267 (12-for-45) with 8R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 10RBI, 3BB with a.928 OPS was named the recipient of the 2018 James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training. Saw his first Major League action in 2017, hitting.571 (4-for-7) with 2 doubles and 4RBI in five games with the Yankees. Earned the 2017 Kevin Lawn Award, presented annually to the organization's minor league " of the Year" after leading all Yankees farmhands in batting average (.315) and doubles (36), ranking third in RBI (82) and tying for fourth with a career-high 16HR over 125G with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/WB..Entered 2018 tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees No. 5 prospect and the No. 59 prospect in Baseball. Was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, Career Bests: 3H (1x); 0HR; 4RBI (1x); 0R; 1SB (1x); 1G hitting streak (1x) #26 TYLER AUSTIN 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/2G Was 1-for-3 with 2R, 1 double and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is 3-for-9 with 4R, 1 double, 2HR, 3RBI and 1BB in 3GS (2-1B/1-DH) this season hit two-run HR (#1) and solo HR (#2) and was 2-for-3 in Saturday's loss at Toronto was his first career multi-homer game eight of his nine career HR have either tied the game or given the Yankees the lead made his first career Opening Day roster hit.222 (10-for-45) with 4HR and 6RBI in 20 spring training games. Played in 20G with the Yankees in 2017 spent more than three months on the D.L. (3/30-6/5, fractured left ankle and 6/29-8/11, right hamstring strain). Was selected by the Yankees in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 2HR (1x); 3RBI (2x); 2R (2x); 1SB (1x); 5G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #29 BRANDON DRURY INF/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/2G Was 0-for-4 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is 5-for-17 with 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 4RBI and 3BB in 5GS at 3B to begin the season hit two-run HR (#1) in the third his first homer as a Yankee (off Stroman) and was 2-for-3 with 1BB in Sunday's loss at Toronto his fourth-inning single (off Happ) on Thursday at Toronto was hit first hit as a Yankee made his third career Opening Day roster (also ) batted.245 (12-for-49) with 1HR and 5RBI in 18 spring training games. Was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona as part of a three-team trade on 2/20/18, in which the Yankees sent INF Nick Solak to Tampa Bay and RHP Taylor Widener to Arizona additionally, OF Steven Souza, Jr. was traded from Tampa Bay to Arizona, and LHP Anthony Banda was traded from Arizona to Tampa Bay along with two players to be named later. In 2017, batted.267 (119-for-445) with 37 doubles, 13HR and 63RBI with a.764 OPS in 135G (109GS at 2B, 3 at DH, 1 at 3B) with the Diamondbacks. Was selected by Atlanta in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Draft has started games at 2B, SS, 3B, LF, RF and DH in his career. Career Bests: 4H (5x); 1HR (32x); 6RBI (1x); 3R (4x); 1SB (2x); 10G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/2G Was 2-for-4 with 3R and 1SH in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is 4-for-21 with 5R, 1HR, 1RBI, 2BB and 1SH in 5G/4GS (3-CF/1-LF) this season hit solo HR (#1) and was 1-for-5 in Thursday's Opening Day win was his second career O.D. homer (also 4/6/15 vs. Toronto) made his 10th career Opening Day roster ( ), all with the Yankees has made seven O.D. starts in LF, tying Babe Ruth for the second most O.D. starts at that position in Yankees history (Roy White - 9) hit.224 (11-for-49) in 16 spring training games. Set career highs with 21HR and a.428 slugging pct. in 2017, becoming the fifth Yankee to hit 20HR from the leadoff spot in a single season (seventh time). With 21HR/23SB in 2017, became the 13th Yankee in team history with at least 20HR and 20SB in a single season and first since Granderson in 2011 (41HR, 25SB). Has seven seasons with at least 20SB ( , '13-15, '17), the third-most 20SB seasons in Yankees history behind Derek Jeter and Hal Chase (eight each). Is the Yankees longest-tenured player was selected by the club in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Draft and made his Major League debut in 2008 is one of five players drafted by the Yankees to collect at least 1,000 hits with the club (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (2x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 14G hitting streak (1x) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/4G Seven of his 8H this season have gone for extra bases, tied with Alex Rodriguez (seven in 2007) for the most XBH through five team games in Yankees history and tied for sixth-most through five team games in Baseball history (credit: YES Network). Hit three-run HRs (#1/#2) in the third and seventh and was 4-for-4 with 3R, 1 double, 8RBI and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay his career-high 8RBI were the most RBI in a single game by a shortstop in franchise history and most by any Yankee since Alex Rodriguez had 10RBI on 4/26/05 vs. Los Angeles-AL marked his second career multi-hr game (also 2HR on 7/23/17 at Seattle) and tied his career high in hits (seventh time) and runs (eighth time) is 8-for-18 with 6R, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 9RBI and 3BB in 5GS at SS to start the season made his fourth career Opening Day roster (also , on D.L. to start 2017) batted.283 (15-for-53) with 9R, 3 doubles, 5HR and 13RBI in 18 spring training games. Had career highs with 73R, 25HR and 87RBI (in 534AB) in 2017 and set a singleseason HR record by a Yankees SS (Jeter, 24HR in 1999) with 20HR in 2016, is the first Yankees SS ever with consecutive 20HR seasons ranked among SS with 25HR (T2nd MLB), 87RBI (3rd MLB) and a.478 SLG (4th MLB) missed the first month of the season on the D.L. (right shoulder strain) hit 1HR in the AL Wild Card win vs. Minnesota and 2HR in ALDS Game 5 win at Cleveland, becoming the first Major Leaguer ever to hit at least 3HR in winner-take-all games in a single postseason. Was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona in a three-team trade on 12/5/14 in which Detroit acquired RHP Shane Greene from the Yankees and Arizona acquired LHP Robbie Ray and INF Domingo Leyba from Detroit. Career Bests: 4H (7x); 2HR (2x); 8RBI (1x); 3R (8x); 1SB (18x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (1) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/2G Was 2-for-3 with 2R, 1RBI and 2BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is 5-for-18 with 3R, 1 double, 1RBI and 5BB in 5GS (4-RF/1-CF) this season made his first Major League start (and appearance) in CF in Saturday's loss at Toronto made his second career Opening Day roster (also 2017) hit.289 (13-for-45) with 12R, 3HR and 7RBI in 16 spring training games. Was unanimously named the AL "Rookie of the Year" and placed second in AL MVP voting in 2017, setting a rookie record in home runs (52) was the ninth Yankee to be named "Rookie of the Year" and first since Derek Jeter in 1996 hit.284 (154-for-542) with 128R, 52HR, 114RBI and 127BB in 155G, earning his first career Silver Slugger Award joined Ted Williams (1939) as the only rookies in Baseball history with at least 100R, 100RBI and 100BB in a single season. According to MLB Statcast, had a 94.9 mph average exit velocity on balls in play, highest among all Major League hitters led the AL in WAR (8.2, 1st MLB), runs scored (2nd MLB), home runs (2nd MLB), walks (2nd MLB) and ranked second in RBI (6th MLB), on-base pct. (.422, 3rd MLB) and slugging pct. (.627, 2nd MLB). Hit 33HR in 77G at Yankee Stadium, the most single-season HRs ever by a Yankee at any home venue (surpassed Babe Ruth, 32HR at home in 1921). Was selected to his first career All-Star Game and won the Home Run Derby. Made his playoff debut and set a single-postseason Yankees rookie record with 4HR. Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder on 11/20/17 the procedure involved a loose-body removal and cartilage clean-up. Is the first hitter in Baseball history to be at least 6' 7" tall and weigh at least 282lbs. Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 1SB (9x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #28 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Did not play in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay made his season debut in Sunday's loss at Toronto, going 0-for-3 before being removed for PH (Sánchez) in the ninth made his third career Opening Day roster (also ) hit a team-leading.394 (13-for-33) with 2R, 5 doubles and 4RBI in 16 spring training games. Hit.218 (50-for-229) with 19R, 2HR and 21RBI in 80 games with the Yankees in Was on the Yankees' active roster throughout the postseason, his first career playoff rosters made his playoff debut in the ALCS vs. Houston, starting at C. Was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (6x); 1HR (7x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 1SB (2x); 5G hitting streak (3x) #24 GARY SÁNCHEZ C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/1G Was 0-for-5 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is 1-for-19 with 1R, 1 double and 1RBI in 5G/4GS at C to start the season made his second career Opening Day roster (also 2017) batted.267 (12-for-45) with 4HR and 10RBI in 16 spring games. Earned his first career Silver Slugger Award in 2017 his 79R, 33HR, 90RBI and.531 slugging pct. were best among Major League catchers his 33HR were the most ever by a catcher (min. 50.0% of games at C) in franchise history were most by any catcher since Atlanta's Javy Lopez (43) in 2003 and the most by a catcher, 24-or-younger, since the Dodgers' Mike Piazza hit 35HR in 1993 marked the most homers in a single-season ever by a Dominican-born catcher was named to his first All-Star Team and participated in the Home Run Derby, defeating reigning champion and now-teammate Giancarlo Stanton in the first round. Ranked fourth in the Majors (third in the AL) with a 3.43 catcher's ERA, the lowest by a Yankees catcher since Joe Girardi in 1997 (3.42). Made his postseason debut, hitting.208 (11-for-53) with 3HR in 13 playoff games. Was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/09. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (7x); 5RBI (3x); 4R (1x); 1SB (3x); 9G hitting streak (1x) #27 GIANCARLO STANTON OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/1G Was 0-for-5 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay, striking out a career-high and franchiserecord-tying (eighth time, first since David Adams on 9/29/13 at Houston) five times is 4-for-19 with 4R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 4RBI and 4BB in 5GS (2-LF/1-RF/2-DH) to start the season made his first career start in LF in Sunday's loss at Toronto was 1-for-3 with 1 double and 1BB in Saturday's loss at Toronto, making his first start in the field (in RF) hit two-run HR (#1) in the first and solo HR (#2) in the ninth and was 3-for-5 with 3R, 1 double and 4RBI in Thursday's Opening Day win at Toronto, marking his Yankees debut joins Roger Maris (1960) as the only two players to hit 2HR in their first game as Yankees became the seventh Yankee to hit 2HR on Opening Day and first since Joe Pepitone (4/9/63 at the K.C. A's) was his 29th career multi-hr game homered in his first plate appearance as a Yankee (Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin last accomplished the feat on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay) also became the first player to homer on Opening Day in his first season with the Yankees since Raul Ibanez on 4/6/12 at TB his first inning homer had an exit velocity of 117.3, the hardest opposite field homer ever recorded by StatCast. Made his eighth career Opening Day roster (also ) hit.220 (11-for-50) with 11R, 4 doubles, 3HR and 10RBI in 18 spring training games. Won the NL MVP Award in 2017 after leading the Majors with 59HR and 132RBI in 159 games with the Marlins tied for the Major League lead with an NL-high 91 extra-base hits and ranked second in the Majors in total bases (377), third in runs scored (123) and fourth in OPS (1.007) led the Majors with a AB/HR ratio (597AB) was named to his fourth career NL All-Star Team (also 2012, '14 and '15) and earned his second career NL Silver Slugger Award (also 2014) set career highs in games played (159), runs (123), hits (168), doubles (32), homers (59), RBI (132), extra-base hits (91) and total bases (377). Was acquired by the Yankees from Miami with cash considerations in exchange for 2B Starlin Castro, RHP Jorge Guzman and INF José Devers on 12/11/17 contract extends through the 2027 season, with an opt-out following the 2020 season. Is the fifth player to be acquired by the Yankees the year immediately after leading or tying for a league lead in HRs, joining Babe Ruth (acquired in 1920), Johnny Mize (1949), Alex Rodriguez (2004) and Chris Carter (2017) is the third reigning league MVP in MLB history to change teams prior to the start of the following season according to Elias, joining 2003 AL MVP Alex Rodriguez (acquired by Yankees via trade from Texas on 2/16/04) and Barry Bonds (1992 NL MVP w/ Pittsburgh, signed as free agent w/ San Francisco in 1993). Has hit 269HR in 991 career games only four players have hit as many home runs through their first 1,000 career games: Ryan Howard (279), Ralph Kiner (277), Harmon Killebrew (272) and Juan González (269). Was selected by Florida in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (29x); 5RBI (5x); 4R (1x); 1SB (36x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #74 RONALD TORREYES INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Has not played in first five games of the season made his third career Opening Day roster (also ) hit.239 (11-for-46) in 20 spring training games. In 2017, set career highs with 108G, 35R, 92H, 15 doubles and 36RBI with 43GS at 2B, 26 at SS and 16 at 3B, was one of five Major Leaguers with at least 15GS at each of those positions in 2017 was the first Yankee to start 15-or-more games at any three different INF positions since Mike Gallego in 1993 (46 at SS, 41 at 2B, 24 at 3B). Was claimed off waivers by the Yankees from the Angels on 2/1/16. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 1HR (4x); 3RBI (1x); 3R (2x); 2SB (1x); 7G hitting streak (2x)