This is a 6* play on the Yankees.

It's opening day. For the most part over the first two weeks, I'm basing my selections on starting pitching. That's not enitrely what we look at, but until we can get a good luck at each team, each pitcher and get a "feel" for what's going on, this is the approach that we take.

No upset here in our opinion. We're going to lay the chalk on Gerrit Cole, who finished 7-3 with a 2.84 ERA last year.

Hyun-Jin Ryu was 5-2 with a 2.69 ERA.

New York lost in the second round of the AL Playoffs to Tampa in five games: "We understand we're a talented team, but we also understand we haven't done anything yet," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Monday. "We hope we started to lay a foundation to be a championship club. A lot of guys have been here now for a few years and experienced a lot of highs and playoff success, playoff failures and disappointing ends to the season."

Look for the "Evil Empire" and their ace to figure out a way to deliver on Opening Day!

Good luck, NP