Corey Kluber pitched one inning in 2020 before needing shoulder surgery, and the Yankees gave him a one-year, $11 million contract knowing he missed nearly all of 2019 and 2020. Kluber had looked like his former Cy Young-winning self over his previous five starts, but on Tuesday, he couldn’t control his pitches and left the game early with shoulder tightness. Given Kluber’s recent shoulder history and the way the Yankees have diagnosed, treated and handled injuries, I don’t have a good feeling about his return.

After the recap, Cam Lewis of Blue Jays Nation joined me to talk about the Blue Jays, their recent six-game losing streak, getting beat up by the Rays, their need for two starting pitchers and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s breakout season.

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I was worried about the Yankees seeing the White Sox over the weekend, and I shouldn’t have been. The Yankees’ starting pitching continued its dominant run and the offense did just enough to pull off the three-game sweep over the team that used to have the best record in the American League.

After the recap, White Sox Dave of Barstool Sports joined me to talk about the series, why I’m wrong to think the White Sox are overrated, Carlos Rodon turning around his career, if the White Sox players are against Tony LaRussa and why I’m not a fan of Aaron Boone.

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Aaron Boone is once again out of control with unnecessary rest for healthy players, and it has been proven to once again to be an unproven strategy with the injuries to Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Hicks. Given the amount of injured everyday players, Boone can’t give anyone a day off this weekend against the White Sox. Not with a scheduled day off on Monday.

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The Yankees overcame a three-run deficit on Tuesday to win 7-4 over the Rangers. A five-run fifth inning with four runs coming with two outs with a makeshift lineup looked a lot like 2019 when the Yankees were missing about as many everyday players as they are now.

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Monday night’s game was about as lopsided as a matchup as you can have: the Yankees against the Rangers and Gerrit Cole against Jordan Lyles. You would have never known which team is the one that is supposed to contend for the World Series, and which team is destined for 100 losses, or which pitcher will be in the conversation for not just Cy Young, but MVP, and which pitcher is barely hanging on to a career in the majors. The Yankees were embarrassed in the series opener in Texas.

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