The New York Yankees are linked to a new Los Angeles Angels acquisition who has been performing well above his expectations.

The Yankees, behind more brilliant starting pitching and a pieced-together effort from a bullpen that had, because of recent overuse, Luke Weaver and Devin Williams on Aaron Boone’s no-fly list, completed a three-game sweep of the Angels with a 1-0 victory in front of 36,808 at Angel Stadium.

The Yankees got a little bit of help defeating the Angels on Wednesday night, 1-0, as Mark Leiter Jr. closed it out, with home plate umpire Ben May giving a rather generous called strike three to end the game with the tying run on base.

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A Guardians All-Star outfielder is set to return for Cleveland's game on Saturday afternoon against the Angels.

Its Wednesday, May 28 and the Yankees (34-20) are in Anaheim to take on the Angels (25-29). Clarke Schmidt is slated to take the mound for New York against Yusei Kikuchi for Los Angeles. The Yankees took the first two games of the series. Despite scoring two runs in the ninth inning, the Angels were still beaten 3-2.

However, instead of breaking through as an offense, the Angels were shut out by the Yankees 1-0 on Wednesday night, securing a sweep and turning the Angels’ eight-game win streak of weeks past into more of a blip on the radar than a sign of life.

As the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees get ready to face off for a three-game regular season series, star Aaron Judge reflected on the trash talk that