To watch Carlos Rodon on Saturday was to see the good and also why he has not gained the Yankees’ complete trust.
If you recall, that was at the guts of the spat between Brian Cashman and Stroman in 2019, when the Yankees did not obtain the righty at the trade deadline. The Yankees GM said in the aftermath that he did not want to overpay in an acquisition because Stroman would have fallen to the bullpen in the postseason.
Yet approaching the three-quarter mark of the schedule, Stroman almost certainly would not be in a Yankee postseason rotation. He has looked like a marathoner out of gas at 20 miles with a 7.56 ERA and 1.000 OPS against in his last six starts. Heto a series finale Sunday against the Rangers to work on mechanics. He feels this is a glitch, not exhaustion and can be fixed.
Boone called Schmidt “a top 10 or 15 starter in the league” when he went down with a lat injury. That kind of pitcher earns postseason work. Still, at this moment, the only sure thing — health permitting — is Cole because, well, he is Cole. The pedigree will win out even if he is never the Cy Young of last season.
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