Series Preview: Yankees at Rays | 4/6/12-4/8/12

Pitching Matchups

Friday, 4/16/12, 3:10pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: C.C. Sabathia
Spring Training Numbers: 0-1, 5.00 ERA, 13 K, 21 H in 18.0 IP

Pitching for the Rays: James Shields
Spring Training Numbers: 3-0, 2.08 ERA, 23 K, 19 H in 21.2 IP

Saturday, 4/17/12, 7:10pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: Hiroki Kuroda
Spring Training Numbers: 2-1, 2.92 ERA, 17 K, 23 H in 24.2 IP

Pitching for the Rays: David Price
Spring Training Numbers: 1-0, 3.13 ERA, 23 K, 20 H in 23.0 IP

Sunday, 4/18/12, 1:40pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: Phil Hughes
Spring Training Numbers: 0-1, 1.56 ERA, 12 K, 16 H in 17.1 IP

Pitching for the Rays: Jeremy Hellickson
Spring Training Numbers: 0-2, 9.00 ERA, 10 K, 33 H in 20.0 IP

NYY Offense

Best of the Spring:

— Alex Rodriguez – .300 AVG / .390 OBP / .520 SLG, 2 HR, 14 RBI in 50 AB (19 games)

— Curtis Granderson - .383 AVG / .500 OBP / .723 SLG, 2 HR, 7 RBI in 47 AB (19 games)

Weakest of the Spring:

— Raul Ibanez – .150 AVG / .190 OBP / .333 SLG, 3 HR, 10 RBI in 60 AB (21 games)

— Brett Gardner – .214 AVG / .313 OBP / .286 SLG, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 8 SB, 0 CS in 56 AB (21 games)

TB Offense

Best of the Spring:

— Desmond Jennings – .327 AVG / .377 OBP / .531 SLG, 3 HR, 7 RBI in 49 AB (16 games)

— Evan Longoria - .283 AVG / .340 OBP / .609 SLG, 4 HR, 9 RBI in 46 AB (16 games)

Weakest of the Spring:

— Matt Joyce – .156 AVG / .229 OBP / .313 SLG, 3 HR, 7 RBI in 64 AB (23 games)

— Carlos Pena – .107 AVG / .254 OBP / .214 SLG, 1 HR, 2 RBI in 56 AB (20 games)

And with this series, regular season Yankees baseball is back! Enjoy!