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New York Yankees: 3 Things That Put the Yankees Over the Top

By Scott Roche

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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1. Dominating Bullpen

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 01: Aroldis Chapman #54 of the New York Yankees celebrates after defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-3 at Yankee Stadium on June 01, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /

The Yankees will have the luxury of diving into a deep and talented bullpen once again in 2020.

In a shortened season that will have a three-week Summer Camp, the starting pitchers will most likely be held to a pitch count early in the season. With that said, a deep and talented Yankees bullpen will be more important than in years past.

Rosters are expected to be expanded to 30 players at the beginning of the season, which will include expanding bullpens. The Yankees already have one of the league’s best bullpens, and they will be looked upon to be used earlier in the game. There is no shortage of arms that will be available to new pitching coach Matt Blake and Boone to get the ball to the back end of Adam Ottavino, Zack Britton and Aroldis Chapman.

Young arms like Clarke Schmidt, Deivi Garcia and Michael King could find themselves working some important middle innings out of the bullpen this summer as well.

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A lot of teams will be trotting out young and inexperienced pitchers that will be in over their heads in 2020. Games will be blown and lost because a team’s bullpen isn’t very deep. The Yankees can survive going to their bullpen earlier, or being forced to delve into their innings-eaters because of a high pitch count on a starter. This is the end of a game that the Yankees should dominate, allowing them to rack up wins during the shortened season.

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