When a team’s rotation is so bad you have to start a reliever you have issues and that is what the Tampa Bay Rays will do today when they face the New York Yankees in an early one in the Bronx. Ryne Stanek will get the nod for the Rays and he has worked just 16-1/3 innings, with a 2.76 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP. The Bombers will counter with their ace, Luis Severino, and all he does is deliver. Severino is 9-2, with a 2.27 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP in 91 innings of work. New York has owned Tampa, winning 21 of the last 27 meetings in New York and the Yanks are 21-5 in Severino’s last 26 starts at the Stadium. Good luck Tampa, you are gonna need it.
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