The Yankees played one last exhibition game ahead of the 2025 regular season, falling to the Miami Marlins, 4-2, at loanDepot park on Tuesday afternoon.
-The Yankees rolled out a lineup that will likely be very similar, if not identical, to what they’ll use on Opening Day against Milwaukee. Here’s a look:
Quick stop in Miami before heading north 👊#RepBX pic.twitter.com/fDYAnb8BU0
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 25, 2025
Aaron Boone has already announced that Austin Wells will hit leadoff to start the season, and if there is one potential change for Thursday, it could be Ben Rice or J.C. Escarra serving as the DH, with Aaron Judge in center.
-Cody Bellinger was hitting behind Judge in the order, as will likely be the case for most of the season, and Bellinger got the offense started with a solo home run to center field in the first inning.
Bellinger finished his spring with four home runs and a 1.214 OPS.
-Speaking of Judge, the slugger ended what was a spring to forget by going 0-for-2 with a strikeout. Judge hit .121 this spring with a .510 OPS.
-Will Warren’s final start before the regular season didn’t exactly go as planned. The young righty, who will start the fourth game of the season against Arizona, allowed four earned runs on five hits over 3.2 innings, striking out six and walking two while giving up a pair of home runs.
Warren, now a key member of the rotation following injuries to Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil, and Clarke Schmidt, finished his spring with a 5.09 ERA
-Left-handed reliever Ryan Yarbrough, recently signed by the Yanks, pitched a clean inning in his team debut.
Bellinger, who had two more hits to finish his spring with a .423 batting average.
Cody Crush 💪#RepBX pic.twitter.com/VNNhIk3cs5
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 25, 2025
That's a wrap for spring training.
The Yankees open their regular season at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday at 3:05 p.m.
Carlos Rodon will face Freddy Peralta.
