New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Cam Schlittler vs. Trey Yesavage

The weather may not be bright, but the Yankees’ spirits are probably a little brighter after taking the first two games of this series against Toronto. They haven’t been pretty, but after the abysmal road trip New York suffered, back-to-back wins could be just the thing to jumpstart them back into high gear, and they could further that momentum with their ace on the mound tonight.

Cam Schlittler takes the mound having tossed another stellar game in his last outing, pitching 6.2 innings of two-hit ball against the Mets on Friday. The 25-year-old has collected four starts already this season where he’s limited opposing offenses to two hits or less, and in the process owns MLB’s best ERA with a 1.35 mark in 60 innings. Any way you slice it, Schlittler has been one of if not the best pitcher in the league thus far, and he’ll look to continue that trajectory with his first chance at revenge for last year’s ALDS.

His opponent on the night is Trey Yesavage, a fellow phenom who needs little introduction after he devastated the Yankees’ lineup in Game 2 of their postseason clash en route to a World Series run that he played a big part in pushing to seven games. Yesavage had just three regular season starts on his resume prior to that trial by fire, and his first full season got off to a delayed start after a shoulder injury put him on the IL to begin the year, but he was activated in late April and has been on a tear ever since. Yesavage has gotten four starts in 2026 and done well to limit the damage in all of them, pitching to a 1.40 ERA in 14 innings. He hasn’t flashed the big swing and miss potential that he capitalized on against the Yankees and Dodgers in that postseason, however, collecting six K’s in each of his last three starts as a season-high.

The Yankees will shift Ben Rice up to the leadoff position against the 22-year-old righty and give him a half-day as the DH, with Paul Goldschmidt entering the lineup in the five-hole after the core of Judge, Bellinger, and Chisholm Jr. Trent Grisham slides down to the sixth spot in center, and Austin Wells will get his second straight start behind the plate as Ryan McMahon and Anthony Volpe continue to man the left side of the infield and command the bottom of the lineup.

How to watch

Location: Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY

First pitch: 7:10pm ET 9:10pm ET (post-rain delay)

TV broadcast/Streaming: Amazon Prime Video, SN1, MLB Network

Radio broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280, SN590 THE FAN

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