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The pitcher who started Opening Day for the Yankees last year will start Game 2 against them this year. The guy who closed for the Yankees on Opening Day in Houston last year will start Opening Day for the Mets in Houston this year.
Are you following the bouncing ball?
Because the Yankees seem to have more similar problems than similar players from Opening Day last season.
Gerrit Cole is again on the injured list to begin. Oswaldo Cabrera is once more the opening third baseman in what is beginning to feel like the Hex of Josh Donaldson for the position. The roulette wheel has landed on Jasson Dominguez as the seventh different player to start the opener in left field in the last seven years (where have you gone, Clint Frazier?).