April 1—Mark the date! A big game is coming up with the Arizona Diamondbacks returning on national television to compete against the New York Yankees. The two teams will open for the TBS to start the Tuesday night baseball series. As both teams are the recent runner-ups in the World Series Championship, fans are speculating a high-octane game soon.

Both teams haven’t been able to make a significant mark recently. The Arizona Diamondbacks were the runner-up in the 2023 World Series, while the New York Yankees finished last in October while losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Although there’s still some good amount of time left for the match, everyone has high expectations from both teams, with the game starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, which will be 4 p.m. local Arizona time.

Arizona Diamondbacks will battle against the New York Yankees

While everyone eagerly awaits the game—Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Yankees—to happen on April 1 Tuesday, it is worth mentioning both teams have come after losses. While the Diamondbacks are not present in the other matchups, there is a slight chance of them being in the games that shall be announced in the season’s second half. The much-wanted rivalry will be aired on Warner Bros.’s streaming platform, MAX, and also on TBS Sports. Fans can watch the pre-match discussions that will go on for 30 minutes and the post-match shows.

Now coming on to the performance of both teams last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks failed to make a significant mark, as they made 1-2 against the strong New York Yankees during the three-game series at Chase Field in April. The sudden loss of Geraldo Perdomo due to an injury and their pitcher, Scott McGough, striking out at the plate were the probable reasons to blame for the loss against the Yankees.

However, both teams will be looking to prove their mettle and show what they remain capable of. As of now, let’s delve deeper into a comparison between the two teams.

Can the Diamondbacks take their revenge?

It was in April last year when the Diamondbacks lost against the New York Yankees. But they shouldn’t look to replicate the same mistake again and would like to make it impactful this time. They now have Josh Naylor at first base and Corbin Burnes doing their rotation alongside Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen.

But the Yankees aren’t left behind either, as they have Aaron Judge, a legend of the game. But, they lost Juan Soto, another icon. The NY Yankees have even signed Max Fried and a former Diamondback, Paul Goldschmidt. But that’s not all!

In 24 head-to-head matches, the New York Yankees won 11 and the Arizona Diamondbacks won 13 matches. Out of 190 total runs, the Yankees made 81 compared to the Diamondbacks’ 109 runs. Now, comparing these two, the Diamondbacks have a better winning percentage of 54.2% against the Yankees’ 45.8%.

Additionally, in every other department, like in the case of home and away WIN%, the Diamondbacks are pretty ahead of the Yankees. But let’s not forget that they have lost their last game against the Yankees.

So, given that it will be a tough fight between the Diamondbacks and the Yankees, we all will have to wait till April 1 when TBS airs the Tuesday night baseball game. However, which team, according to you, seems to be the one with the upper hand in the game? Do let us know in the comment section below.