The Yankees are off to a sterling 7-1 start to the 2026 season and have already assured themselves a 3rd consecutive collection victory. After sweeping the Giants and taking two out of three from the Mariners in Seattle, they’ve received the primary two video games of their first homestand of the marketing campaign, beating the Marlins on Friday, 8-2, after which 9-7 final evening. They’re eyeing one other dusting in the present day with Opening Day starter Max Fried on the mound, as he has but to permit a run by means of two begins.
The Marlins aren’t a pushover, however Fried’s hardest opponent in the present day may truly be the climate. It’s awful in the present day in the tri-state space and the Double-A Somerset Patriots have already postponed their collection finale in Bridgewater towards the Portland Sea Dogs (the High-A Hudson Valley Renegades have since done the same). Similarly, the tarp is on the sector in the Bronx, and the Yankees have introduced a delay to Sunday’s matinee.
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Major League Baseball, nonetheless, goes to do all the pieces it may well to get this recreation in towards the Marlins as a result of it’s troublesome to reschedule interleague collection postponements. This is the one Yankees/Marlins collection of the yr and whereas the Fish will return to the world for collection towards the Mets, it could be very annoying to search out an offday the place they might theoretically play the Yankees.
MLB has time to attend this out till later, because the forecast says it is going to certainly cease raining earlier than dusk. At the very least, this isn’t beginning till 3pm ET, and later is extra possible.
Hang in there with us, put on some music or one thing, and we’ll tune into the collection finale collectively when it truly begins!
Update
This will not be a rain-related replace, however it’s an fascinating wrinkle: The Marlins will not be beginning Chris Paddack as initially anticipated. Closer Pete Fairbanks’ spouse is pregnant and shall be induced tomorrow morning, so he’ll as an alternative start this recreation with Paddack following.