Yankees pitching coordinator Danny Borrell leaving for Georgia Tech

With Yankees starting pitchers struggling mightily and many hoping for a replacement of Larry Rothschild, minor league pitching coordinator Danny Borrell has decided to take a job at Georgia Tech as its pitching coach.

Aside from Domingo German, Yankees starters are stuck in mud. In the past 11 games, starting pitchers are 2-6 with a horrid 11.52 ERA while allowing 80 hits (21 homers) and 18 walks in 47.2 innings.

While it remains to be seen if an innings-limit will restrict German from pitching past August, without the return of a healthy Luis Severino, it’s unimaginable to withdraw German’s 13-2 record from the rotation.

However, the man that first groomed Severino and German, along with top pitching prospects Jonathan Loaisiga, Deivi Garcia and Luis Gil, will no longer be around to offer guidance.

Co-minor league pitching coordinator Danny Borrell (Scott Aldred is the other) will reportedly leave the organization to become the pitching coach at Georgia Tech University.

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George A. King III of the New York Post states that Borrell will receive a five-year, $1.5 million contract — a hefty raise from what he currently makes with the Yanks.

Borrell, 40, was a second-round pick out of Wake Forest by the Yankees way back in 2000. Across nine minor league seasons (seven with the Yanks), Borrell compiled a 39-35 record in 138 appearances (120 games started).

Pitching across four different levels in the minors (he never reached the big leagues), the left-handed Borrell pitched to a 3.49 ERA, 1.244 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 3.0 BB/9 and 8.2 H/9 across 675 innings.

After retiring in 2008 as a member of the Oakland A’s organization, Borrell spent the past 11 years working with Bombers’ lower-level pitching prospects.

During his first six seasons, Borrell was the Yanks minor league rehab coordinator and Single-A pitching coach, before settling into the role of co-minor league pitching coordinator.

A tireless professional and an excellent mentor of pitchers, it’s disappointing that the Yankees didn’t consider moving Borrell up any higher within the organization, perhaps to further prove his worth for an eventual shot with the major league team.

Speaking with Yankees Magazine in August 2018, Borrell perfectly summed up his role — one that he’ll now continue at Georgia Tech.

"“Ultimately, my job is to develop championship-caliber pitchers for the Major Leagues.”"