NEW YORK — The Yankees are spicing up their spring with a global journey, now set to make their first go to to Mexico Metropolis since Mickey Mantle’s remaining season in pinstripes.
The membership introduced on Friday that it’ll maintain a two-game exhibition sequence with the Diablos Rojos del México at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico Metropolis. The video games are scheduled for March 24 and 25, closing out the Bombers’ spring schedule.
The membership can even play its usually scheduled split-squad Grapefruit League video games in Florida towards the Pirates and Mets, respectively, on these days.
It’s anticipated that the Yankees will area a consultant lineup for the Mexico contests. Gamers on the present roster with Mexican roots embrace reliever Victor González, catcher Jose Trevino and outfielder Alex Verdugo.
The 2 groups maintain essentially the most titles of their respective leagues, the Yankees main Main League Baseball with 27 World Sequence championships and the Diablos Rojos with 16 crowns within the Mexican Baseball League.
The Yankees final visited Mexico Metropolis in 1968, when additionally they performed exhibition video games towards the Diablos Rojos. The golf equipment break up the two-game set, because the Diablos defeated the Yankees, 5-3, on March 18, 1968, earlier than the Yankees gained the second sport, 9-1, on March 20, 1968.
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