No, you did not fall asleep and wake up in October. But with two months of the season down, it’s worth taking a look at where the playoff picture stands right now. If your favorite team is on the outside looking in, take solace in the fact that there’s still a long way to go.
When reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole went down with an injury this spring, it was obviously a huge blow to the Yankees’ rotation. Enter 25-year-old Luis Gil, who has given them far more than they could have expected — essentially, a spot-on impersonation of Cole.
Is it a knuckleball? Not really. Is it a screwball? Well, kind of. All we can say for sure about Ettore Giulianelli, a 21-year-old signed out of Italy, is that he has one incredibly nasty pitch in his arsenal.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr., who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., has a special place in his heart for the city, which is why he jumped at the opportunity to host and narrate the Road to Rickwood podcast.
It’s Pirates vs. Tigers at 12:40 p.m. ET, followed by Dodgers vs. Mets at 4, with Cubs vs. Brewers at 7:30, and then the conclusion of Yankees vs. Angels.
