Shane Greene To Start Monday For Yankees

Apr 24, 2014; Boston, MA, USA; New York Yankees pitcher Shane Greene (39) delivers a pitch during the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports

With the acquisition of Brandon McCarthy, and the departure of Vidal Nuno, and the shuffling around of pitchers like Jim Miller and Bruce Billings coming in, the Yankees needed a starting pitcher for the first of four in Cleveland tomorrow night.

Shane Greene will be that person as he will get the start.

What about how the rotation sets up after that? Glad you asked.

"Girardi says rotation for week is shane greene, then Tanaka, then McCarthy weds. Whitley will go to bullpen for now, may still start thurs— Daniel Barbarisi (@DanBarbarisi) July 6, 2014"

The 25 year old is 4-2 with a 4.61 ERA for AAA Scranton this year. In 66.1 innings, he’s struck out 57, walked 26 and given up 79 hits. He has a 13 inning shutout streak going over his last two starts in AAA.

Greene came up back in April of  this year and walked three and gave up three runs in just 1/3 of a inning against the Red Sox.