Clarke Schmidt made his Yankee debut in the shortened 2020 season, but didn’t make his first real impact in the big leagues until 2022. That season, he worked 57.2 innings on the bump, mostly out of relief, and was quite effective. The former first-round pick maintained a 3.12 ERA and 3.60 FIP en route to a productive season out of the ‘pen.
In 2023, amid a flurry of injuries, Schmidt was not only thrust into the starting rotation, but ended up throwing the second-most innings among Yankee pitchers behind just newly-minted Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole.