Rays infielder Jonathan Aranda makes hard contact with relative ease and faces a starter in Will Warren, who is often on the receiving end. Aranda headlines our Yankees vs. Rays predictions on Thursday, April 17 as a result. The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will begin a series in the Sunshine State this evening.

Its Wednesday, April 16 and the Red Sox (9-10) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (8-9). Sean Newcomb is slated to take the mound for Boston against Zack Littell for Tampa Bay. These teams have split the first two games of the series. Boston won last night, 7-4. Alex Bregman went 5-5 with a couple of home runs to lead the Sox to the win.

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