August 11, 2019

Yankees should embrace using an opener in the playoffs

by Felix Pantaleón

TORONTO — I’m bullish on the Yankees using an opener in the playoffs, although that stems from a bearishness on their actual starting pitchers. I’ve changed my perspective on this because the Yankees’ starters haven’t sufficiently changed their performances. You might consider this an odd time to float this idea, since Saturday afternoon marked the…

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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