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The Yankees and starter utilization

There has been a lot of chatter since Spring Training about the possibility of the Yankees moving to a six-man pitching rotation. The argument in favor is generally that pitchers would be more rested and could go farther into games and would not wear down as much as the season progressed. But, is there a better way that would provide more benefit to the Yanks? Let’s take a two part look at the benefits of a four-man rotation.  Part one will outline how a four-man rotation would look and part two will utilize Yankees starters statistics to show the benefit.