The Yankees lost their ace early in spring training, saw a big free agent signing disappoint, and suffered one injury after another to their pitching staff. Despite all this, their starting pitching has been generally outstanding this year. In fact, they wouldn’t have been able to take first place in the AL East if that wasn’t the case.
Still, concerns continue to pile up. If it feels like the Yankees’ starting rotation is hanging on by a thread, that’s because it is. J.A. Happ hasn’t pitched well at all, while Luis Severino, CC Sabathia, James Paxton, and Jonathan Loaisiga all currently sit on the injured list with varying return dates.