The Yankees came into the 2021 season with some question marks regarding their starting rotation, to put it mildly. The trio of Corey Kluber, Jameson Taillon, and Jordan Montgomery had combined for only 122 innings over the 2019 – 2020 seasons. When Domingo Germán took the mound on April 4th of this year, it was the first time he had been pitched in an MLB game in 19 months. Although Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman never came out and said it publicly, it certainly looked like the plan was to let Gerrit Cole and the offense lead the team into the front of the AL East, then re-evaluate and perhaps add a starting pitcher at the trade deadline if need be.
The Yankees rolled the dice with their rotation, and it’s coming back to haunt them
