Back to the New York Yankees Newsfeed

How Michael King is succeeding for the Yankees

Michael King said before the season that his goal was to pitch 100 innings for the Yankees this year. He’s already a quarter of the way there, and if the team keeps needing him in the rotation, he could very well hit that mark.

We’ve seen King before – he’s been talked up in spring training as a back-end rotation option, but he only pitched 26 mostly unimpressive and low-leverage innings last year. In 2021 though, King has become a valuable member of the Yankees’ pitching staff, and with Corey Kluber on the shelf for months, he’s the team’s de facto fifth starter.