Following the Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Royals within the sequence finale, the Yankees hopped on a flight again to their second residence.
Solely it received’t be their second residence and it’ll not look because it was left behind to begin the 2025 season.
The Rays at present occupy George M. Steinbrenner Subject in Tampa, Fla., since their residence stadium in Saint Petersburg, Tropicana Subject, was severely broken by Hurricane Milton in October.
The Yankees will return to Tampa for the primary time this season for a four-game sequence towards their division rival and Aaron Boone mentioned he has felt pleasure from his group to see the brand new environment.
“I think we’re excited to get off the plane in the middle of the night tonight into some warm air. That’ll be fun,” Boone mentioned earlier than Wednesday’s win. “It’ll be interesting going back. I’m curious, I’ve seen it on TV and it looks like a good environment and everything. So, looking forward to getting back there. Unfortunately, we’ve got to go on the visitors side but I’m sure it will be a little bit different, a little unique. But I think something we’re looking forward to a little bit.”
The ballpark has since undergone a makeover. The “Yankees” lettering on the excessive wall alongside the primary final analysis has been changed.
The clubhouse sports activities a light-weight blue and yellow mixture of colours with a “Home of the Rays” signal, and the highest circle brand above the scoreboard within the outfield has taken on a “TB.”
Early season statistics present George M. Steinbrenner Subject is extra of a hitter’s park.
On the identical dimensions as Yankee Stadium, it’s at present the eleventh most offensive favorable stadium at six % extra favorable than others, in keeping with Baseball Savant’s park issue metric.
Because the season strikes alongside and the climate turns hotter in Florida, the numbers might improve.
On Tuesday, Boone mentioned he believes the ballpark remains to be being found out by each group when requested if he had heard what it’s like within the main leagues.
“Anytime you’re at a new ballpark, you try and make sense,” he mentioned. “Oh, is the ball going to fly out? Is it not? What’s real? What’s not? I think people are probably still trying to make those formulations. You see a number of home runs hit in a day, you think, ‘Oh it’s going to be.’ … Well, we’ll see. I mean, that could be the case, but we’ll see.”
