At the moment, the Yankees’ starting rotation consists of Gerrit Cole and a small army of question marks. Just two years ago, with a similar army of question marks fighting for merely the fifth spot in the rotation, Brian Cashman turned to Gio González on a minor league deal for short-term depth. González still isn’t the glitziest name on the market in 2021, but the Yankees’ desperation for starting pitching has only worsened. Could a can-you-really-call-this-a-reunion be in store?
In late April 2019, the Brewers picked González up off the scrap heap after the veteran opted out of his brief Yankees stint in Triple-A Scranton.