Thursday, April 5, 2018 Yankee Stadium 6:35 p.m. ET Game #7 Home Game #3 TV: WPIX 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: nd, -1.0G Current Streak: Won 2 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.:...1 (10) / 0 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.83) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.50) TODAY 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, 1913: The Yankees lose to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-2 in an exhibition game at Ebbets Field, marking the stadium s first contest. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY April 6, 1982: A freak snowstorm blankets the Northeast, forcing the cancellation of the season opener vs. Texas at Yankee Stadium and postponement of the Yankees first four scheduled games. They finally open 1982 with a doubleheader vs. the White Sox on 4/11. April 6, 1974: The Yankees play their first home game at Shea Stadium as Yankee Stadium begins a two-year remodeling effort. April 6, 1973: At Fenway Park in Boston, the Yankees Ron Blomberg becomes the Major League s first designated hitter. Batting in the top of the first inning, he walks with the bases loaded off Luis Tiant. He goes 1-for-3 with 1RBI as the Yankees lose to the Red Sox, 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 (4-2) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1-5) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Andrew Cashner (0-1, 7.20) Thursday, April 5, 2018 Yankee Stadium 6:35 p.m. ET Game #7 Home Game #3 TV: WPIX Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their six-game homestand with the opener of a four-game series with the Orioles tonight (through Sun.) completed a two-game sweep over the Rays earlier this week following an off day on Mon., will begin a six-game road trip: 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 2-0 thus far on a stretch of 16 of 22G at home (4/3-26). Seven of the Yankees' first 10G are day games (3-2). Have two scheduled off days (4/9, 18) before starting a season-long stretch of games on 18 straight days (4/19-5/6). YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees completed a two-game sweep with a 7-2 win on Wed. vs. Tampa Bay RHP Luis Severino (7.1IP, 5H, 2ER, 1BB, 7K, 0HR) earned his second win in the longest start by a Yankee this season LF Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-4) hit his first HR as a Yankee in Yankee Stadium, a two-run shot in the first DH Gary Sánchez (1-for-4, 2RBI) hit his first homer of the season in the third, snapping an 0-for-17 drought RF Aaron Judge (1-for-3, 2R, 1BB) also hit his first homer of the season with a two-run HR in the fourth inning LHP Aroldis Chapman (1.0IP, 1K) tossed a perfect ninth inning. Was the first time that Judge, Stanton and Sánchez all homered in the same game together. Marked their first comeback win of the year (trailed, 1-0). Have won 11 consecutive home series vs. the Rays, their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and the longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium. SEVY SEASON: RHP Luis Severino won his second consecutive start to open the 2018 season on Wed. vs. Tampa Bay by yielding 2ER over 7.1IP (5H, 1BB, 7K) is the first Yankees starter to record an out in the eighth inning of a start within the team's first 6G since Andy Pettitte tossed 8.0IP on 4/4/13 vs. Boston. Is one of three Major League pitchers with multiple wins in 2018, along with Arizona starter Patrick Corbin and Oakland reliever Justin Hatcher. Is the first Yankees starter to win his first two outings of a season since Andy Pettitte reeled off three straight wins to begin FOR STARTERS: Yankees starters rank second in the Majors with a 1.64 ERA (33.0IP, 6ER), trailing only Boston (1.03) the 6ER are the rotation's fewest across a stretch of six starts since allowing 6ER over seven starts from 6/7-13 last year. Have allowed 2R-or-fewer in all six starts this season, the second Yankees rotation since at least 1908 to accomplish the feat over the first six starts of a season (also 1911) are one of 14 MLB staffs to turn the trick in that span, including Boston this year. Have held opponents to a.103 BA (3-for-29) with RISP. For the first time in franchise history (since earned runs became an official statistic in the AL in 1913), the Yankees allowed 1ER-or-fewer in each of the club's first five starts. GOING, GOING, GIAN: OF Giancarlo Stanton hit his third home run of the season in the first inning on Wed. vs. Tampa Bay, his first HR as a Yankee at Yankee Stadium also homered here with the Marlins in His 3HR are the most by a Yankee through six team games since 2011, when Mark Teixeira hit 4HR and Jorge Posada hit 3HR is one of five AL hitters with at least 3HR this season (4HR Matt Davidson/Brian Dozier; 3HR Stanton/ Tim Anderson/Edwin Encarnación). The HR was hit with an exit velocity of mph (per Statcast) since Statcast began tracking such data at the start of 2015, he is the second player to hit a HR at Yankee Stadium with an exit velocity of at least mph (also Aaron Judge, 6HR). Marked his 270th career home run in his 992nd career game broke a tie with Juan González (269) for the fourth-most HRs through a player's first 1,000 career games, behind Ryan Howard (279), Ralph Kiner (277) and Harmon Killebrew (272). BOMBS AWAY: RF Aaron Judge and C Gary Sánchez hit their first home runs of the season on Wed. vs. Tampa Bay, joining OF Giancarlo Stanton, who hit his third marked the first time that all three homered in the same game together. Marked Judge's 57th career homer tied Rudy York for the most HRs through 188 career games in MLB history. Marked Sánchez's 54th career homer is tied for the fourth-most HRs through 183 career games in MLB history. The Yankees are tied for second in the AL (tied for fourth in MLB) with 11HR this season marks the sixth time in club history that they have hit at least 11HR through six team games is the most since the 2011 club hit 13HR in the first 6G in 2017, hit just 6HR in the first 6G seven different players have homered this season. TANAKA TIME IN THE BRONX: RHP Masahiro Tanaka makes his 2018 home debut tonight vs. Baltimore including the 2017 postseason, has tossed 7.0 scoreless innings with 3H in each of his last three starts at Yankee Stadium during that span, has retired 61-of-72 batters (21.0IP, 9H, 2BB, 30K). Postseason included, has won six consecutive starts here, completing 7.0IP in all six. Since 7/28/17, has permitted 1R-or-fewer in 6-of-8 starts while going 7-1 with a 0.96 ERA (56.0IP, 36H, 7R/6ER, 8BB, 72K, 3HR). With a regular season record (.707) in 54 starts at Yankee Stadium, is one of six active starting pitchers (min. 25 decisions) with a winning percentage above.700 at any ballpark the others: Zack Greinke (.806 at Dodger Stadium;.750 at Chase Field); Max Scherzer (.780 at Comerica Park), Drew Hutchison (.750 at Rogers Centre), Jorge De La Rosa (.726 at Coors Field), Clayton Kershaw (.714 at Dodger Stadium). O MY!: The Yankees scored 154R in 19G vs. Baltimore in 2017, the highest run total by any team vs. any opponent in the Expansion Era (since 1961) was the highest total since Chicago-AL scored 158R in 22G against Boston in 1960 was the Yankees highest single-season run total vs. any opponent since 1956, when they scored 158R vs. the Kansas City A s. Went 8-2 vs. Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, their most home wins vs. the Orioles since 1960 (10-1 at the original Yankee Stadium) and tied for the second-highest singleseason win total against any opponent at the current Stadium (10-0 vs. Toronto in 2013). RF Aaron Judge hit.426/.588/1.049 (26-for-61) with 31R, 5 doubles, 11HR, 24RBI and 24BB vs. Baltimore in 2017 his 31R were the most by any player vs. any opponent in one season since Ted Williams scored 31R in 1947 vs. St. Louis-AL his 11HR were the most by a Yankee vs. a single opponent since 1961, when Roger Maris hit 13HR vs. Chicago-AL and Mickey Mantle hit 11HR vs. Washington-AL was just the second player in the last 14 seasons (since 2004) to hit 11HR vs. an opponent, joining Minnesota s Brian Dozier (11HR vs. Kansas City in 2016) his 24BB were the most by a Yankee vs. an opponent since EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Tonight marks the first of seven weeknight games scheduled to start at 6:35 p.m. at Yankee Stadium this season the next three games with a 6:35 p.m. first pitch are the first three games of the next homestand (4/16-17 vs. Miami, 4/19 vs. Toronto). MINOR THREAT: The 2018 minor league baseball season begins tonight across the U.S., with three of the Yankees' four full-season affiliates in action: Double-A Trenton vs. Richmond (7:00 p.m.); Single-A Tampa at Lakeland (6:30 p.m.); Single-A Charleston at Lexington (7:05 p.m.) Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opens its slate tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. vs. Syracuse. According to Baseball America, the Yankees have the No. 2 farm system in baseball. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV 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. BALTIMORE ORIOLES OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: 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 9/17/10-7/31/11 are vs. Baltimore since 1998, the club s most wins over any opponent in that span (next: vs. Tampa Bay) IN 2017: Went 12-7 vs. Baltimore, including 8-2 at home and 4-5 in Baltimore marked their first season series win over the O s since going 10-9 in 2013 and their most wins since they were 13-5 in 2011 Yankees batters scored 154R vs. Baltimore in 2017, the highest run total by any team vs. any opponent in the Expansion Era (since 1961) and the club s highest single-season total vs. any opponent since 1956 (158R vs. the Kansas City A s and 152R vs. the Washington Senators) IN SEASON SERIES: With a 12-7 mark in 2017, snapped a streak of three consecutive season series losses ( ), which marked their first time losing consecutive season series to the O s since are in 20 season series since 1998 AT YANKEE STADIUM: Went 8-2 vs. Baltimore at Yankee Stadium in 2017, their most home wins vs. the Orioles since 1960 (10-1 at the original Yankee Stadium) and tied for the second-highest single-season win total against any opponent at the current Stadium (10-0 vs. Toronto in 2013, 8-2 vs. Tampa Bay in 2017) the Yankees 102R in 10 home games vs. Baltimore in 2017 were their most against an opponent at Yankee Stadium in a single season (previously 64R in 9G vs. Baltimore in 2011) scored 8R-or-more in six straight home games vs. the O s from 6/9-9/16/17, their longest such streak vs. an opponent since at least 1908 are (.647) vs. the O s at the current Yankee Stadium, their most wins vs. any opponent here (next-most: vs. Toronto) have won the opener in 14 of their last 15 home series vs. Baltimore since the start of 2013 (all except a loss on 9/30/16) have gone in home season series vs. Baltimore the last 20 years ( ), with the only sub-.500 marks coming in 2014 (4-6) and 2012 (3-6). NYY BATTERS vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 2017 AND CAREER 2017 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. RHP ANDREW CASHNER 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. BALTIMORE in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/5 at NYY /6 at NYY /7 at NYY /8 at NYY /31 at BAL /1 at BAL /2 at BAL /3 at BAL /9 at BAL /10 at BAL /11 at BAL /31 at NYY /1 at NYY /24 at BAL /25 at BAL /26 at BAL /21 at NYY /22 at NYY /23 at NYY Total in Since franchise moved to BAL in 1954 All-time vs. BAL: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Camden Yards: 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 2-0 (9) (9) (3) (3) (4) (3) (4) (3) (4) (3) (3) 2-0 (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) 2018 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak...2, 2x (last: 4/3-pres.) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road...2 (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...1 (4/4 vs. TB) 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, 2x (last: 4/4 vs. TB) 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, 3/30-4/3) / 3G (Judge, 4/1-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- 1 (Austin, 4/4 vs. TB). PITCHING: IP in Start- 7.1 (Severino, 4/4 vs. TB); 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- 92 (Severino, 4/4 vs. TB). FIELDING: Errors- 1, 5x (last: Severino, 4/4 vs. TB) PLAYERS USED (27) 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 (7): Miguel Andújar, Tyler Austin, Brandon Drury, Didi Gregorius, Ronald Torreyes, 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 (6) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 10-day (6) Clint Frazier Concussion 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 7-day (6) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (6) Aaron Hicks Right oblique strain 3/30 (retro to 3/29) 10-day (5) Billy McKinney Left shoulder sprain 4/1 10-day (3) 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 4/4/18 vs. TB (Andriese) Romine 4/29/17 vs. BAL (Nuño) Sánchez 4/4/18 vs. TB (Snell) Stanton 4/4/18 vs. TB (Snell) 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: Betances, Kahnle, Romine 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 (2)...4/3 vs. TB (0:14, rain); 4/4 vs. TB (1:32, 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: 11 / Runs: 35 / Runs via HR: 21 (60.0%) Solo (3): Austin-1, Gardner-1, Stanton-1 2-Run (6): Austin-1, Drury-1, Judge-1, Sánchez-1, Stanton-2 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 6 After Game (2nd, -1.0) -- (--,--) (4th, -2.5) 3-4 (4th, -2.0) (2nd, -2.5) 4-3 (2nd, -2.5) (5th, -2.0) 3-4 (T4th, -2.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS 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 (retroactive to 3/27). Apr. 3 Claimed OF Trayce Thompson off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers transferred RHP Ben Heller to the 60-day disabled list.

3 RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his second start of the season today 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) 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 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. VS. BALTIMORE: Is 2-2 with a 3.58 ERA (55.1IP, 22ER) in eight career starts vs. the Orioles six-of-eight starts have been quality starts made three starts in 2017 (two road/one home) vs. Baltimore and went 1-1 with a 6.11 ERA (17.2IP, 12ER) and 17K snapped a four-game winless streak against the O's on 9/14/17. Is 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA (36.2IP, 12ER) in five starts at home against Baltimore has pitched at least 7.0IP and has allowed 3R-or-fewer in all starts. DOZEN BY DOZEN: Is one of two pitchers in Yankees history to win at least 12 games in each of his first four Major League seasons (also Andy Pettitte, first nine seasons, ) is one of five Major League pitchers to earn at least 12 wins in each of the last four seasons (Greinke, Kershaw, Sale, Scherzer). A BRONX TALE: Went 9-5 with a 3.22 ERA (95.0IP, 34ER) in 15 regular season home starts in 2017, tied for fifth in the AL in home wins the Yankees were 10-5 in those starts. Allowed 2ER-or-fewer in each of his last six home regular season starts, going 5-1 with a 1.29 ERA (42.0IP, HIGHEST CAREER K/BB RATIO, MIN IP, 7R/6ER) allowed exactly 1ER in four straight home starts from 7/28-9/2/17, tied for the longest streak of MODERN ERA (SINCE 1900) starts with 1ER-or-fewer at the current Yankee Stadium (also CC Sabathia twice: 6/25-7/26/11 and 9/26/09- PITCHER K/BB K BB 5/18/10) allowed 1ER-or-fewer in seven of his last nine and 9-of-15 regular season home starts overall. 1. MASAHIRO TANAKA Completed 6.0IP in 12-of-15 regular season home starts in 2017 his 112K were the third-highest total 2. Chris Sale in a season at the current Yankee Stadium. 3. Corey Kluber Additionally, went 2-0 and did not allow a run (14.0IP, 6H, 2BB, 15K) in two postseason starts at home 4. Edward Mujica TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (1-0, 1.50 ERA) (ALDS Game 3 and ALCS Game 5). Since the beginning of 2016, is 16-6 with a 3.54 ERA (190.2IP, 75ER) in 30 regular season home starts the Yankees are 23-7 in those games. K ZONE: Has recorded 647K in 106 career regular season starts, the most strikeouts through 106 career regular season games in Yankees history are the 17th-most through 106G in Major League history was the first pitcher in Yankees history to record at least 600 strikeouts through his first four Major League seasons by a Yankees pitcher. Recorded a career-high 194K in 2017 (previously 165K in 2016), the ninth-highest strikeout total by a Japanese pitcher (second in 2017 to Yu Darvish-209) along with Luis Severino (230K), marks the first time the Yankees have had two pitchers each record at least 190K in a season since 2009 (CC Sabathia-197, A.J. Burnett-195). SPRING TRAINING: In four official spring training starts, went 0-3 with a 7.24 ERA (13.2IP, 17H, 11ER, 3BB, 19K, 5HR) made his final spring start on 3/23 vs. Boston, taking the loss despite allowing only 1ER in 5.2IP (5H, 0BB, 6K, 1HR). 2017: Went with a 4.74 ERA (178.1IP, 180H, 100R/94ER, 41BB, 194K, 35HR) in 30 starts in 2017 ranked eighth in the AL in strikeouts, seventh in K/9.0IP ratio (9.79), fourth in K/BB ratio (4.73), and third in BB/9.0IP ratio (2.07). Was placed on the 10-day D.L. on 8/12/17 (retroactive to 8/10) with right shoulder inflammation (team record: 6-5) was his third career trip to the D.L., first since 4/29-6/3/15 (right wrist tendinitis and a right forearm strain POSTSEASON: Made three postseason starts on the Yankees run to the ALCS, going 2-1 with a 0.90 ERA (20.0IP, 10H, 2ER, 3BB, 18K) was the fifth-lowest ERA by a Yankee in one postseason (min. 18.0IP) was the third Yankees pitcher to record multiple scoreless starts of at least 7.0IP in a single postseason, joining Roger Clemens (2000) and Whitey Ford (1960) was the fifth pitcher in Baseball history with multiple scoreless starts with at least 7.0IP and 3H-or-fewer in one postseason, joining San Diego s Kevin Brown (1998), the Yankees Roger Clemens (2000), Arizona s Randy Johnson (2001) and Detroit s Kenny Rogers (2006). TANAKA'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 3/30 at TOR 4-2 W / Leading 4-1 GS Totals (1GS) w/ Sanchez (1GS) TANAKA'S CAREER STARTS VS. BALTIMORE Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/K ERA Left Game 4/9/14 vs. BAL 4-5 ND / Tied 3-3 6/22/14 vs. BAL 0-8 L / Trailing 3-0 7/23/15 vs. BAL 9-3 W / Leading 9-3 9/8/15 vs. BAL 1-2 ND / Tied 1-1 5/5/16 at BAL 0-1 (10) ND / Tied 0-0 4/8/17 at BAL 4-5 ND / Leading 4-3 5/31/17 at BAL 4-10 L / Trailing 7-3 9/14/17 vs. BAL 13-5 W / Leading 13-2 Totals (8GS) TANAKA'S 2018 SPRING STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 3/2 vs. ATL 5-4 ND / Trailing 4-0 3/12 vs. MIN 2-1 L / Trailing 2-1 3/17 at DET 9-3 L / Trailing 4-2 3/23 vs. BOS 0-5 L / Trailing 1-0 Totals (4GS) TANAKA VS. BALTIMORE (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games At Y.S TANAKA VS. BALTIMORE BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Alvarez Beckham Davis Jones Joseph Machado Mancini Rasmus Santander Schoop Sisco Trumbo Valencia TANAKA'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (5x), last on 4/27/17 at BOS H (4x), last on 5/8/17 at CIN R (2x),last on 9/22/17 at TOR ER , 5/14/17 vs. HOU-G2 BB , 8/9/17 at TOR K , 9/29/17 vs. TOR HR (2x), last on 5/14/17 vs. HOU-G2 Pitches , 5/25/14 at CWS 10K Games , last on 9/29/17 vs. TOR (15K) Low-hit CG , on 4/27/17 at BOS CG SHO , last on 4/27/17 at BOS CAREER SPLITS W-L GS IP ER ERA AVG Total Home Road Day Night OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.143/.143/ vs. Left.143/.143/ vs. Right.143/.143/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.238/.276/ vs. Left.237/.271/ vs. Right.240/.281/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. BALTIMORE: LHP CC SABATHIA (0-0, 1.80 ERA) LHP CC Sabathia will make his second start of the season on Friday vs. Baltimore the 37-year-old will start on extended five days' rest after making his season debut on Sat. at Toronto went 9-0 with a 1.71 ERA (68.1IP, 13ER) in 11 regular season starts following a Yankees loss in 2017 leads active Major League pitchers in career strikeouts (2,850), innings pitched (3,322.0), complete games (38) and quality starts (302) ranks second in wins (237) and starts (510) to Bartolo Colón (240 wins, 529 starts) is 18th on the all-time strikeout list, third all-time among left-handers needs 5K to tie Hall of Famer Jim Bunning (2,855) for 17th place on the SABATHIA VS. BALTIMORE (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games w/ NYY all-time strikeout list is one of eight pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to earn at least 100 wins with multiple franchises (Cleveland, Yankees) spent with the Indians and was traded to the Brewers on 7/7/08 originally signed with the Yankees on 12/18/08 and re-signed as a free agent to a one-year contract for the 2018 season on 12/26/17 is the longest-tenured Yankees pitcher (10 seasons since 2009), as only OF Brett Gardner (11 seasons since 2008) has played for the team longer has earned wins against 29 Major League teams (has not defeated the Marlins). LAST START: Took a no-decision in his season debut on Sat. at Toronto, allowing 2R/1ER in 5.0IP (5H, 2BB, 4K) left with the game tied at 2-2 did not face a left-handed batter marks his second consecutive season allowing 1ER-or-fewer in his season debut after doing so just twice in his first 16 seasons.

4 YANKEE DOODLES #17 AARON BOONE MANAGER Career Managerial Record: 4-2 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 Has not played in last two games 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: 0G/2G Was 0-for-3 with 1R, 1BB and 1SB in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay was 1-for-3 with 2R, 1 double and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay. 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 made his first career Opening Day roster hit.222 (10-for-45) with 4HR and 6RBI in 20 spring training games. Eight of his nine career HR have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. 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 (2x); 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-3 with 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay Was 0-for-4 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay. 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. 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: 2G/2G (2x) Was 1-for-4 with 1R in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay was 2-for-4 with 3R and 1SH in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay. Hit his second career Opening Day homer in Thursday's win at Toronto (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). 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: 0G/4G Collected 8H through his first five games, with seven going for extra bases (4 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR) tied 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). Was 0-for-4 in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay 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). 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: 3G/3G Has 57 career home runs, matching Rudy York for the most in Baseball history through 188 career games. Hit two-run HR (#1) in the fourth and was 1-for-3 with 2R and 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay was 2-for-3 with 2R, 1RBI and 2BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay made his first Major League start (and appearance) in CF in Saturday's loss at Toronto. 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: 1G/1G Was 2-for-3 in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay 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. 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) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #24 GARY SÁNCHEZ C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G (2x) Has 54 career home runs, tied with Ryan Braun for fourth-most in Baseball history through 183 career games. Hit two-run HR (#1) in the third and was 1-for-4 in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay snapped an 0-for-17 stretch was 0-for-5 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay. 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: 1G/1G (3x) Hit two-run HR (#3) in the first and was 1-for-4 in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay 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. Made his first career start in LF in Sunday's loss at Toronto 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 joined 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. 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). 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 270HR in 992 career games only three players have hit as many home runs through their first 1,000 career games: Ryan Howard (279), Ralph Kiner (277) and Harmon Killebrew (272). 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: 1G/1G Made his season debut in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay, going 1-for-3 with 1R and 1RBI 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)