Had the Yankees’ season gone according to plan, these final six weeks would have been about jockeying for playoff positioning and preparing for another October run.
The Yankees are 6 ½ games back of the Blue Jays for the final AL wild-card spot with 41 games to go. Sure, anything is possible, but this rosterWith that in mind, here are the guys who have the most to play for and/or prove the rest of the season:Not every four-inning, five-run outing is met with the same sense of encouragement that Severino’s start was on Tuesday.
Severino, who is set to enter free agency after the season, has likely cost himself a large chunk of money with a brutal walk year. But the Yankees have continued to invest the time in trying to fix him, in part because he has the talent to be part of the turnaround they keep insisting could happen down the stretch., Severino returned to the windup that he had ditched earlier this season, in hopes of giving himself more of a rhythm and getting more conviction behind his pitches, Blake said.
Severino also moved away from using his slider as often after a hanging one resulted in a three-run homer in the first inning. The slider accounted for just nine of his 83 pitches, the 10.8 percent usage marking the second-lowest this season . Blake indicated that partly had to do with the Braves lineup but also was because Severino had a better feel for his cutter.a solid, if abbreviated, start against the Braves
, Vasquez was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday with Carlos Rodon set to return from the injured list next Tuesday. But it wouldn’t be surprising to see Vasquez back in The Bronx at some point this season.Randy Vasquez has given up a total of six earned runs in 22 ⅓ innings this season.Both of the rookie right-handers have a chance to make impressions and get head starts on potentially staking a claim to a rotation spot for next year.
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