Yankees vs Red Devils: Preseason Showdown in Mexico City

The “hell” of Mexico City will open its doors to receive the “Bronx Bombers.” Some 20 thousand people will gather at the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium to enjoy the two games of the Red Devils of Mexico against the New York Yankees.

Both matches will serve for the two most winning teams in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) and Major League Baseball (MLB), respectively, to close their preseasons ahead of the start of the regular calendar in Mexico and in Big leagues.

On the Diablos Rojos del México side, the roster of players who will participate in the next LMB season is still under construction; However, the New York Yankees almost have their full roster and, except for a last-minute addition, will begin the 2024 Major League season with the current roster.

The roster of the ‘Manhattan Mules’, as the Yankees are also known, includes two Mexicans: outfielder Alex Verdugo and pitcher Víctor González, who are expected to be in Mé xico for the two games against the ‘Scarlet Gang’.

Who are the Yankees’ star players? Will the New York team travel to CDMX with its entire squad? Why do the Yankees have two games on the same days that they will face the Red Devils? Here’s everything you need to know.

The current Yankees team

Yankees Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton will be the ‘heart’ of the Yankees’ offense. (Taken from X @Yankees)

The ‘Manhattan Mules’ will arrive in CDMX to close their preseason. Yankees will begin the 2024 MLB season on March 28 against the Houston Astros.

The 2023 season of the New York team was disappointing by its standards and that of its fans, after they finished in fourth place in the American League East Division.

The team finished last season below the Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, where Mexican Randy Arozarena plays, and the Toronto Blue Jays. That is, their record of 82 wins and 80 losses was only enough for them to surpass their greatest archrival, the Boston Red Sox.

The most notable players in 2023

After the disappointment of last year, the Yankees chose to reinforce their current roster and managed to take players like Juan Soto, Verdugo and González, in addition to signing Marcus Stroman, who will be in charge of reinforcing their pitching staff. openers.

However, the ‘Bronx Bombers’ were left wanting to sign Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who preferred to take his talent to the west coast of the United States and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he will share squad with his compatriot Shohei Ohtani.

The New York Yankees roster includes figures such as Aaron Judge, who has the record of 62 home runs in a season in the American League, pitcher Gerrit Cole – who recently received the Cy Young award that recognizes the best pitcher of the year—or Anthony Rizzo, first baseman who won the World Series with the Chicago Cubs.

Who is the best Yankees player in 2024?

MLB’s ranking of the top 100 players for next season includes three members of the New York Yankees in the top 10.

The three players are:

• Aaron Judge – Position 3
• Juan Soto – Position 7
• Gerrit Cole – Place 9

In addition to these three, the Yankees have young talent such as: second baseman Gleyber Torres or shortstop Anthony Volpe.

To put the number of players in the top 10 of the Major Leagues into context, the Dodgers also have three players: Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman.

Why are there two Yankees games on the same days that go vs. Red Devils?

In the preseason of MLB teams, it is common for organizations to divide the squad in two with the aim that more players can have action and prepare for the games of the regular calendar.

On the two days of the Yankees’ games against the Red Devils of Mexico, the ‘Bronx Bombers’ have two other games in the United States. This situation is known as ‘split squads’.

The Yankees’ games in the United States will be against the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets.

For this reason, days before their game against the ‘Scarlet Gang’, the Yankees must announce which players will make the trip to Mexico. If there are no injuries, it is expected that Mexicans Víctor González and Alex Verdugo will be on the roster of players traveling to Mexico.

Gerrit Cole’s participation is in doubt, since he is set to be the Yankees’ Opening Day pitcher against the Houston Astros.

When and at what time do the Yankees vs Red Devils play today?

The two exhibition games will take place next Sunday, March 24 and Monday, March 25. Until this Sunday, February 25, the Yankees calendar establishes that the match schedule is to be defined.

However, Ticketmaster establishes that the game on Sunday the 24th will be at 2:00 p.m., while the game on Monday, March 25 will start at 6:00 p.m.

How to watch the games live? This will be the television channel

Imagen Televisión will be the network in charge of carrying the New York Yankees’ matches against the Devils next Sunday, March 24 and Monday, March 25 at the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City.

The Mexican television network was the same one that was in charge of televising Mexico’s games in the World Baseball Classic and carried the latest coverage of the Major League Baseball World Series.

2024-02-25 15:01:42
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