C. C. Sabathia strode off the mound Saturday, awash in an ovation that thundered throughout Yankee Stadium. “There’s a lot of poor play going on,” General Manager Brian Cashman had said, before Sabathia came to the rescue in Saturday’s 4-0 victory. When Sabathia took the mound in the first inning, he was putting the finishing touches on a recovery from off-season cardiac surgery. Not only have the Yankees lost 11 players to the injured list, but two of their front-line starters — James Paxton and J. Cashman said he had “no idea” how the young right-hander had sustained such a serious injury.

Source: New York Times April 13, 2019 20:20 UTC