New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins FREE LIVE STREAM (5/15/24): Watch the MLB game online on Amazon Prime

The New York Yankees will face the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (5/15/24) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

How to watch: Fans can watch the game for FREE with a subscription Amazon Primewhere you can get a 30 day free trial.

SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE YANKEES NEWSLETTER

Here's what you need to know:

What: MLB game

Who: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins

When: May 15, 2024

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Where: target field

TV: N/A

Station finder: Verizon Fios, Comcast Xfinity,Spectrum/Charter,Optimum/Altice,Cox,DIRECTV,Court,Hulu, fuboTV, loop.

Live broadcast: Amazon Prime

BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, LIVING SEATS, TICKET SMART

Here's a recent MLB story from the AP:

PHOENIX (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton has hit 410 home runs in his big league career, and even though the New York Yankees slugger has slowed in recent seasons, the 6-foot-1, 245-pounder still seems to have some of taking the worst cuts in baseball.

Now there are numbers to prove it.

Major League Baseball unveiled new metrics on its Baseball Savant website Monday, revealing categories that measure some of the reasons the game's best hitters are so damn good.

Stanton is the king of swings when it comes to bat speed. The bat's sweet spot moves through the strike zone at an average speed of 80.6 mph, well ahead of Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz, who is in second place at 77.7 mph.

Stanton also leads the league with a 98.4% fast swing percentage, which measures how often he swings at more than 75 mph. The average swing of a great player is 72 miles per hour.

There are six new categories in total and five of them focus on hitters, including average bat speed, fast swing rate, squared rate, blasts and swing length. For those who are statistically inclined, it's a baseball idiot's paradise.

Some of the categories – such as bat speed – are fairly simple. Others need a little more explanation. And math.

For example, the squared rate takes into account the batter's batting speed and the pitcher's speed. MLB uses an example involving a home run hit by Minnesota Twins outfielder Trevor Larnach, who executed a 75.6 mph swing on a 98.8 mph fastball.

After a little more calculation, MLB says that gives a potential exit velocity of 113.4 mph and the ball left Larnach's bat at 110 mph. That means it was 97% balanced. Anything over 80% is considered a balanced swing.

It's no surprise that contact specialist Luis Arraez tops this category. The two-time batting champion hits the ball straight 43.5% of the time, well ahead of Angels first baseman Nolan Schaunel, who sits at No. 2.

The only new category for pitchers is called “Swords.” MLB called the category “playful rather than analytical,” but it's a way to show how often a pitcher makes a batter look silly with an awkward hit. Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale and New York Mets right-hander Luis Severino lead this category with nine players.

Thank you for trusting us to provide you with the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting NJ.com with a subscription.