The Yankees are off to a sterling 7-1 start to the 2026 season and have already guaranteed themselves a third consecutive series victory. After sweeping the Giants and taking two out of three from the Mariners in Seattle, they’ve won the first two games of their first homestand of the campaign, beating the Marlins on Friday, 8-2, and then 9-7 last night. They’re eyeing another dusting today with Opening Day starter Max Fried on the mound, as he has yet to allow a run through two starts.
The Marlins aren’t a pushover, but Fried’s toughest opponent today might actually be the weather. It’s lousy today in the tri-state area and the Double-A Somerset Patriots have already postponed their series finale in Bridgewater against the Portland Sea Dogs. Similarly, the tarp is on the field in the Bronx, and the Yankees have announced a delay to Sunday’s matinee.
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Major League Baseball, however, is going to do everything it can to get this game in against the Marlins because it’s difficult to reschedule interleague series postponements. This is the only Yankees/Marlins series of the year and while the Fish will return to the area for series against the Mets, it would be very annoying to find an offday where they could theoretically play the Yankees.
MLB has time to wait this out until later, as the forecast says it will indeed stop raining before nightfall. At the very least, this isn’t starting until 3pm ET, and later is more likely.
Hang in there with us, put on some music or something, and we’ll tune into the series finale together when it actually starts!
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