{"id":201356,"date":"2026-04-17T23:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:34:13","slug":"new-york-yankees-vs-kansas-city-royals-cam-schlittler-vs-michael-wacha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201356\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals: Cam Schlittler vs. Michael Wacha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Earlier this week, the Yankees played a very frustrating series against the Angels. While it ended in a split of the four games, it sure didn\u2019t feel like it. Both Yankees\u2019 wins required ninth-inning comebacks, while both losses saw the pitching get blow out of the water. That being said, each new series is a chance to get a new winning run going, and they can do that tonight as the Royals come to town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For tonight\u2019s series opener, the Yankees will send Cam Schlittler to the mound. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/8753\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Schlitter;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Schlitter&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schlitter<\/a> has gotten off to an incredible start to the season, but has allowed a couple runs in his last two starts. Tonight, we\u2019ll get to see him try and get back to dominance again Royals\u2019 lineups that\u2019s only been so-so<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the Royals, veteran <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9329\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Wacha;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Michael Wacha&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Wacha<\/a> will take the hill. Wacha has gotten off to a very good start to 2026, coming in with a 0.43 ERA in his couple starts so far. It\u2019s worth noting that in a signal of how little confidence the Yankees (understandably) seem to have in <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10175\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ryan McMahon;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ryan McMahon&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan McMahon<\/a> right now, he is sitting despite being a lefty bat who could face the righty Wacha; <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10233\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Amed Rosario;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Amed Rosario&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amed Rosario<\/a> will take his place at the hot corner. It\u2019s also not a good sign for the slumping <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10839\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jazz Chisholm Jr.;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jazz Chisholm Jr.&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12161\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin Wells;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Austin Wells&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Wells<\/a> that they\u2019re both batting behind Rosario. But Rosario\u2019s been one of the few consistent bats for the Yanks thus far and has hit righties early on, so he\u2019ll get his shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here\u2019s all the information to know on how to catch tonight\u2019s game, and we hope you\u2019ll come join us in the game thread for all the action!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Location: Yankee Stadium \u2014 Bronx, NY<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First pitch: 7:05 pm ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV broadcast: YES (NYY) | Royals.TV (KCR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Radio broadcast: WFAN 660\/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY) | 96.5 The Fan, Royals Radio Network (KCR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Streaming: MLB.tv, Gotham Sports App<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For updates, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pinstripealley.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BlueSky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BlueSky&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BlueSky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinstripealley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and\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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" 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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/auth\/login?itm_medium=sidebar&amp;itm_source=batterypower&amp;returnPath=%2Fauth%2Fsso%3FreturnTo%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.batterypower.com%252F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for a user account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign up for a user account&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sign up for a user account<\/a>\u00a0and get:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Comment on articles, community posts<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rec comments, community posts<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">New, improved notifications system!<\/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":"Earlier this week, the Yankees played a very frustrating series against the Angels. While it ended in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36097,35512,32358,52249,30930,79621,9,11,10,321,79867,36062,79868,25678,23084],"class_list":{"0":"post-201356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-amed-rosario","9":"tag-austin-wells","10":"tag-cam-schlittler","11":"tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","12":"tag-kansas-city-royals","13":"tag-michael-wacha","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-new-york-yankees","18":"tag-royals-radio-network","19":"tag-ryan-mcmahon","20":"tag-schlitter","21":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","22":"tag-the-royals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201356","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=201356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}