“Clarke Schmidt: The Yankees’ Secret Weapon in Rotation Crisis?”
But even the best-laid plans are no match for the roulette wheel of pitching.
Cole soon went down with season-ending elbow surgery. A lat strain sent Gil to a lengthy IL stint. Schmidt joined that duo due to his shoulder tendinitis. The Yankees’ Opening Day rotation consisted of Fried, Rodón, the nearly jettisoned Stroman, rookie Will Warren and 38-year-old veteran Carlos Carrasco.
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Entering Wednesday, Fried had pitched as advertised, allowing just five earned runs in 24 innings. But the rest of the group was a yikes factory, with an abysmal combined 6.43 ERA in 63 innings. Rodón has remained susceptible to the ill-timed longball. Warren has shown his inexperience, Carrasco his age. Stroman, meanwhile, was the worst of them all, with a cataclysmic 11.57 ERA across three starts before a knee issue sent him to the IL as well.
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