Clearly, the Yankees are listening to SU – to a small, very limited extent.  Edwin Encarnacion is out for tonight’s game and Stanton is in.  Of course, he is batting clean-up (well he is hitting .500 for the series).  Gary Sanchez is also in the line up and will promptly hit 2 home runs.  Gardner is batting 9th (that feels better).

SU read an article this morning in The Athletic about how Sanchez is actually the Yankees’ best signal caller and really studies the analytics produced by the staff.  The pitchers love to pitch to him and the brass feel he excels behind the plate.  Who knew?

While the situation is bleak, do the Yankees adopt a rallying cry of “Win this one for CC?”  “CC or bust!”  He was dropped from the roster and his career is over.  Can it be?  We will soon find out.

Film at 11 (er, more like 12:30 am).