During the 2017 postseason, “WANTED” posters adorned the Bronx in search of their dominant, terrifying pitcher Dellin Betances. The once reliable New York Yankees reliever had gone missing.
While he appeared in the flesh, his performance was not even close to the dominating righty who blew opponents away and represented the Yankees in All-Star games every season. Instead, Betances had lost his touch.
But that was last postseason. This postseason has only just begun but already the outcome for Betances looks to be far more promising.
During Wednesday night’s AL Wild Card game against the Oakland Athletics, Aaron Boone made the surprising call to bring in Betances in the top of the fifth inning, a role he is not terribly familiar with.