What a night to be a Yankee fan. 15 games over. 7 games up in the loss column in the AL East. Bats absolutely scalding. And now the biggest pitching prospect for this team in a decade making his major league debut on national television against the Red Sox under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium.
Oh how I've longed for this. The Yankees and their fans have had a lot of things to root for over the years but good, young, homegrown prospects have not been one of them. I'm not gonna sit here and act like there isn't any pressure on Luis tonight. There is. I'm sure he's fully aware of the hype. He also probably knows this team is counting on him to take the ball every fifth day at least until Michael Pineda gets back. But this is the PERFECT game for him to get his feet wet. The Red Sox absolutely suck. The Yankees are probably going to score a thousand runs tonight. So hopefully he'll be able to just relax, rear back and do what he does.
PS - Tonight's game isn't getting any buzz because of the Mets and what they're doing. I get that. I actually like it. Let the Yankees lie in the weeds and just keep mowing through teams. Keep drowning in all of your Mets hype New York, you deserve it. Because just when you think you've taken the town over you're going to look up in October to find your older brother exactly where he always is, two steps ahead of you.
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