If you're an optimist, when the New York Yankees revealed Ian Hamilton would be the first starting pitcher taking the mound out of the All-Star break, you probably thought the team was preserving Max Fried to have his blister heal and get him to face division opponents in the coming weeks.
If you're a pessimist, you probably suspected something was up. And the pessimist wins this round, as manager Aaron Boone reveal Cam Schlittler was supposed to be Friday's starting pitcher, but the right-hander is "dealing with discomfort near his right biceps.