Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered in the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a game interrupted by rain for nearly three hours.

Giancarlo Stanton Makes Feelings Clear on Yankees’ Aggressive Trade Deadline originally appeared on Athlon Sports. With the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays mired in a nearly three-hour rain delay on Thursday afternoon, Giancarlo Stanton and teammates sat in the locker room refreshing their phones ahead of the 6 p.m. trade deadline.

The New York Yankees released a two-time All-Star pitcher on Friday, making a sudden change to their starting rotation one day after the MLB trade deadline.

Meet the new bullpen, same as the old bullpen. A day after the Yankees remade their bullpen by acquiring three relievers at the trade deadline, all three helped set fire to what should have been the Yankees’ fourth straight win.