Last night’s game had the kind of energy that makes baseball feel like it’s on fast-forward—fun, loud, a little chaotic in the best way. Still, if you’re a Yankees fan, you probably don’t mind the idea of something more straightforward tonight.
Game two of this four-game set gives Ryan Weathers the ball for New York, with the simple hope of carrying forward momentum from yesterday. Weathers is also chasing a more personal storyline: last week he delivered an eight-inning, one-run start, and that matters when you’ve had the kind of early-season turbulence that baseball loves to hand out.
After two middling starts opened his season, Misryoum newsroom reported that Weathers dominated the Athletics on Thursday—an outing that showed the potential the Yankees saw when they made that winter trade to get him. The fastball is real, sure, but what really stands out when you watch him is his breaking stuff. Misryoum editorial desk noted that you may even see him pitch a bit “backwards,” with extra attention on his slider and curve tonight. It’s not just aesthetics, either—Weathers has struggled with injury and inconsistency, even though he’s made all of his starts this year. So the question is basically: can he follow up a good start with another, and not just one good start that fades the next time out.
On the other side, Reid Detmers goes for the Angels, and his profile has been solid in a way that survives the usual April noise. Misryoum analysis indicates he has a 3.38 FIP through his first three starts, which is the kind of number that plays in any rotation. His strikeouts have dipped from his three-year baseline, but his walk rate has also come down—again, the balance you want when you’re trying to keep damage limited. It may not last, Misryoum editorial team stated, because his flyball rate is up to 50 percent and his HR/FB rate is a paltry 4.5 percent. For April, though, the ball’s stayed in the yard. Whether that keeps working is another story, especially considering what Misryoum newsroom described from the Yankees last night.
That brings us to the lineup chess match. Facing Detmers means Paul Goldschmidt leads off, with Amed Rosario batting third and posting a .999 OPS. Jazz Chisholm Jr. gets a break—at least for this one—while he takes over second base instead. Randal Grichuk is also in left field, spelling Cody Bellinger. And yes, it’s the sort of reshuffle that can change the feel of an at-bat even when the names look familiar.
How to watch
Location: Yankee Stadium — New York, NY
First pitch: 7:05 pm ET
TV broadcast: YES, FanDuel Sports Network West
Radio broadcast: KLAA 830 (LAA), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY)
Online stream: MLB.tv (out-of-market only), Gotham Sports App
I don’t know… if you’re sitting there in the late-innings hush, you can almost hear the crack of the bat before you even notice the count. That’s the kind of moment you want after a split-second pitch decision. Tonight feels like it could go two ways—another entertaining baseball night, or the more boring, satisfying route to a 5-1 type finish. But with pitchers like Weathers and Detmers, “simple” is usually the first thing that doesn’t last.
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