October 9, 2019

Limited ALDS role won’t be hanging over Adam Ottavino

by Felix Pantaleón

Adam Ottavino was one of the Yankees’ most important acquisitions during the offseason, no doubt with this time of year in mind. So it was somewhat jarring to see the right-hander enter an ALDS game, face one batter and immediately get pulled. Yet that happened twice during the Yankees’ three-game sweep of Minnesota, leaving some…

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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