{"id":141196,"date":"2026-02-21T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141196\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:55:15","slug":"new-york-yankees-vs-detroit-tigers-carlos-lagrange-vs-keider-montero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141196\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers: Carlos Lagrange vs. Keider Montero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Elmer Rodr\u00edguez showed why he\u2019s the Yankees\u2019 top pitching prospect in yesterday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener, and today is Carlos Lagrange\u2019s first chance to impress as he also makes a case for some 2026 MLB playing time. Lagrange stands a dominant 6-foot-7 with a 70-grade fastball and above-average slider, and while he finished last year with Double-A Somerset, he has the tools to rise even quicker through the senior level of the minors, and FanGraphs projects him as eventually an MLB-caliber closing pitcher. At just 22, he certainly has time to make it stick in a rotation first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Keider Montero has spent parts of two seasons in a swingman role for the Tigers, and while a decent 94 mph heater will get you onto a major league roster, an inability to command it properly probably means he\u2019s going to be a reliever for the bulk of his career. This goes double in a rotation as deep as Detroit\u2019s, but if Montero can unlock a little extra in his strikeout rate, he can carve himself a role as a dependable bullpen piece.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On the offensive side, Aaron Judge will make his spring debut in right field, and with another \u201chome\u201d game scheduled for Sunday, one wonders if he\u2019s reached that Mariano Rivera status where he\u2019s not even issued a road jersey in camp. The only other first-stringer in the lineup is Ryan McMahon, hitting and playing third, while Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, who may start the year at Triple-A Scranton, is your leadoff hitter. Also note Spencer Jones playing center and hitting seventh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Location: George M Steinbrenner Field \u2014 Tampa, FL<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First pitch: 1:05 pm ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV broadcast: YES, Gotham Sports App, Tigers.tv<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Radio broadcast: WXYT 97.1FM (Tigers broadcast)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Online stream: Gotham Sports App<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For updates, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinstripealley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinstripealley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, and like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinstripealley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elmer Rodr\u00edguez showed why he\u2019s the Yankees\u2019 top pitching prospect in yesterday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener, and today is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10094,58065,9415,2589,59565,22129,59566,59564,9,11,10,321,36062,44865,55941,20004],"class_list":{"0":"post-141196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-carlos-lagrange","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-tigers","12":"tag-george-m-steinbrenner-field","13":"tag-jasson-dominguez","14":"tag-keider-montero","15":"tag-lagrange","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-headlines","18":"tag-new-york-news","19":"tag-new-york-yankees","20":"tag-ryan-mcmahon","21":"tag-spencer-jones","22":"tag-spring-training","23":"tag-tigers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}