Yankees: Call to the Bullpen And A Plan To Fix Things

Back And Forth They Go

Of course, there are, nevertheless, players that need to prove they are admirable to withstanding the starting pitching job, or will be placed in the bullpen, or will just go back and forth regardless of play. Adam Warren has become one of these players for the Yankees. He is in the long-reliever role, but he will get thrown into the starting rotation every now and again.

Warren has been nothing short of fantastic for the Yankees as a reliever always doing what has been asked of him and delivering big games two or three innings mixed in the middle of a game. Posting a 3.26 ERA in 30.1 innings only allowing ten earned runs with ten walks in his role is solid baseball.

Luis Severino was a massive disappointment. In 2015 Severino pitched in 11 games winning five while bolstering a 2.89 ERA. Then in 2016, he carried a 5.83 ERA to go off of for this upcoming season. He is looking for the gate-keeper of short-term memory loss. He imploded with a 7.46 ERA between April and May and lost six of seven starts with the other a no decision.

He the was sent to the bullpen making Severino a viable option to start games, but unless he can get his act together, he will stay in the bullpen more than he starts.

He did prove himself in the pen, however, as his ERA was 0.39 while his starting ERA was 8.50. He has the velocity, movement, and attitude to be a winning pitcher the problem it seems is that starting has seemingly not been his strong suit since being called to the Yankees. He was 0-8 while starting and 3-0 as a reliever. He needs to prove himself to earn that starting job back.