Zack Britton, a reliever for the Yankees, is recovering from an injury and this was a relatively minor but nonetheless significant step.
On Wednesday night, it appeared as though Britton was able to complete the first game of his minor-league rehab assignment without any problems.
The former left-handed All-Star, who is currently making his way back from Tommy John surgery, made two plate appearances for Low-A Tampa and threw 15 pitches. He had a groundout and a strikeout in his stat line.
The signature sinker used by Britton reached a top speed of 93.4 mph and maintained an average speed of 92 mph. Eight sinkers, two sliders, and a changeup were among the pitches he threw.
Since the end of the previous season, when he appeared in 22 games and had an earned run average of 5.89, the 34-year-old has not thrown a pitch. The Yankees have high hopes that he can get back to the form he showed in 2019-2020, when he made 86 appearances and had an ERA of 1.90.
The Yankees are hopeful that Britton will be able to return to the major leagues around the middle of September, but it is currently unknown when he will participate in his next rehabilitation game.
The Yankees’ 2023 game schedule was made public early on Wednesday morning. According to the Yankees, here are some of the highlights:
- The 2023 season will be the first with a balanced schedule for all 30 Major League Clubs since 1997… 52 division, 64 Intraleague, 46 Interleague games.
- Will kick off the new season on March 30 against San Francisco at their home stadium.
- From 4/13-23, will play 10 home games in 11 days (four games vs. Minnesota and three games vs. Los Angeles-AL and Toronto).
- In a three-game series from 6/9-11 at Yankee Stadium. Their next home game vs. Boston is 8/18-20. will play three games at Fenway from 6/16-18 and four from 9/11-14.
- Will play four Subway Series games against the Mets (two on 6/13-14 and two on 7/25-26).
- Will host a game against Minnesota on Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15th.
- On June 2nd, the team will play at Los Angeles-NL in honor of Lou Gehrig Day.
- On September 15, they will play a game in Pittsburgh in honor of Roberto Clemente Day.
- Will have games on both Mother’s Day (May 14 against Tampa Bay) and Independence Day (July 4 against Baltimore) at their home stadium. will celebrate Memorial Day (5/29) and Father’s Day (6/18) away from home, playing games in Seattle and Boston respectively. are not required to work on Labor Day (9/4).
- Will finish the regular season with a road trip that includes six games, two of which will be played in Toronto (9/26-28) and the other two in Kansas City (9/29-10/1).
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