“Now we have the unions, we have the gambling – and those are the best things to have - but…”
– Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), in “The Godfather.”
The Yankees have overcome a sluggish start to the 2021 season by playing at a better than .700 clip for over one month now. An enormous factor in the turnaround, quite surprisingly, has been the performance of their pitching staff. So far this season, the Yankees’ pitching ranks first in the American League in runs allowed per game, ERA, ERA+, FIP, WHIP, K%, BB%, K%-BB%, and opponents’ OBP.