No Juan Soto, no problem for the New York Yankees on Opening Day 2025. The offense provided enough pop, Carlos Rodon missed enough bats, and Devin Williams scared the sold-out crowd in the Bronx but nailed down his first Yankee save. Along the way, Austin Wells became the first catcher in Major League Baseball history to hit a lead-off home run on Opening Day, Aaron Judge knocked home two key 7 th inning insurance runs, and Anthony Volpe’s home run swing stayed true since last October. For one day all is right with the world at East 161 st Street. Even with the departure of Soto to Queens, there is optimism among this ballclub to realize the dream of raising banner number 28. However, something did feel off. Maybe it was that Gerrit Cole didn’t toe the slab as the ace of a staff should on Opening Day. Or it was the fact that Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt are Yankees, and this isn’t an MLB The Show franchise save. Or the fact that players can have beards now, and this isn’t som...
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