The dream of a New York Yankees rotation featuring the best versions of Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Nestor Cortes, Luis Severino, and Frankie Montas seems like it never should have existed, just as the reality did not exist for even one turn. Montas did not make it to spring training, and Rodón and Severino have battled injury and ineffectiveness all year. The “sixth man” in the starting picture, Domingo Germán, has left the team as he gets treatment for alcohol abuse. With Cortes now likely being shut down for the remainder of the season with a rotator cuff issue, the rotation, and by extension the pitching staff, is now in disarray.
The dark horse candidate to be the next man up
