The Yankees and Twins open a three-game set Friday night at Yankee Stadium, and both clubs are bringing a long injured list into the matchup.
New York, which enters at 48-38, is scheduled to start Gerrit Cole against Mike Paredes at 7:05 p.m. ET.
The series continues Saturday at 1:35 p.m. ET with Carlos Rodon facing Connor Prielipp, then wraps Sunday at 1:35 p.m.
ET when Ryan Weathers matches up with Zebby Matthews. Friday’s game will air on YES and Twins.TV, while Sunday is set for Peacock.
The Yankees’ injured list includes Giancarlo Stanton with a leg injury, Aaron Judge with a rib injury, Ryan McMahon with a throat injury, Trent Grisham with a hamstring injury, Max Fried with an elbow injury and Clarke Schmidt with an elbow injury. Stanton is listed at .256/.302/.422 with 3 HR and 14 RBI in 2026, while Judge is at .248/.375/.533 with 17 HR and 38 RBI.
McMahon has hit .210/.269/.360 with 8 HR and 23 RBI, and Grisham is at .232/.341/.406 with 8 HR and 35 RBI. Fried is 4-3 with a 3.21 ERA and 7.3 K/9, and Schmidt is on the 60-day IL.
Minnesota, which is 41-46, has its own pileup of injuries. Ryan Jeffers is out with a hand injury, Bailey Ober is dealing with an elbow issue, Cole Sands has a forearm injury, Anthony Banda is sidelined by a lat injury, Mick Abel is on the IL with an elbow injury, and Pablo Lopez, Garrett Acton and David Festa are all on the 60-day IL.
Byron Buxton is day-to-day with a hip injury. Jeffers is hitting .295/.408/.541 with 7 HR and 26 RBI, while Buxton has put up .268/.325/.573 with 25 HR and 43 RBI.
The Twins’ pitching injuries also hit the staff hard. Ober is 6-3 with a 4.59 ERA and 6.2 K/9, Sands is 1-1 with a 4.63 ERA and 8.5 K/9, Banda is 2-0 with a 4.46 ERA and 8.7 K/9, and Abel is 1-2 with a 3.98 ERA and 10.2 K/9. Acton is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA and 12.2 K/9, while Lopez and Festa are listed with no 2026 stats.
Recent form has been uneven for both teams, but especially for New York. Over their last 10 games, the Yankees are 2-8, while the Twins are 5-5.
Minnesota has the edge in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging in that span, hitting .268/.325/.427 compared with New York’s .162/.213/.284. The Twins also own a 5.50 ERA over their last 10 games, while the Yankees are at 3.58.
New York has hit 10 home runs in that stretch to Minnesota’s 11, and the teams are nearly even in strikeout rate, with the Yankees at 8.3 K/9 and the Twins at 8.4.
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