When the Yankees lost Dellin Betances to injury before the season started, Chad Green became even more important to the bullpen. After all, the relief staff was going to be relied heavily upon as the team was also without Luis Severino and CC Sabathia in the rotation to start the year.
Green responded to that need in about the worst way possible, but after a trip to Scranton and a tweak to his mechanics, he returned and looked much more resemblant of the Green Yankees fans had been used to seeing on the mound.