Pinstripe Alley · Jan 20, 2023
Yankees History: The most unfortunate pitching debut
Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty ImagesIt has become a joke among Yankee fans that when the team faces a pitcher making their MLB debut or just facing him for the first time, that they’re going to struggle to put up runs. While you would think a team of experienced major league players could hit off a rookie, it stands to reason that every once in a while, you can get got by one of them. Everyone who makes the major leagues has good enough stuff pitch-wise to have gotten to the bigs. There’s always a chance that batters who’ve never seen that pitcher before can be held in check before they have a chance to get used to what they’re seeing.