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The death of the workhorse starter?

Have we seen our last 200 inning Yankee season? My gut says no, but with each passing season and the way baseball has been changing over the years (i.e. the opener, keeping starters fresh for the playoffs, and expanded roles of late inning relievers), having a 200 inning guy in the rotation is a rarity. Believe it or not, we haven’t seen a Yankee pitcher eat that many innings since CC and Hiroki Kuroda did it in 2013(!).

There were only 15 pitchers who threw 200 innings last season. Most of those guys had fantastic seasons, sans James Shields with a 5.