Why, it's those damn Yankees.
The Yankees have been cruising along, taking two of three from San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, and the Angels while splitting a four game set with Minnesota. They are, of course, getting by without three of the guys they planned to feature in their starting rotation: Luis Severino, Carlos Rodon, and Frankie Montas. That would seem to be asking quite a from Gerrit Cole and Nestor Cortes in the meantime, but Cole and Cortes are 7-0 between them and Cole in particular has been unhittable.
Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson are both on the IL - I'll give you a moment while you get over your shock at this news - and the widely hyped youngsters Anthony Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera have not yet Begun to Hit. The Yankees aren't scoring a whole lot of runs, despite the best efforts of Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo. But Cole and Cortes haven't needed all that much in the way of run support.
Matchups:
Fri 21 Apr - Kikuchi (2-0, 4.70) vs German (1-1, 3.86)
Sat 22 Apr - Manoah (1-1, 6.98) vs Cole (4-0, 0.95)
Sun 23 Apr - Gausman (1-2, 3.65) vs Schmidt (0-1, 8.79)
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