Latest MLB rumors prove Yankees rotation is even further behind than you thought

The Yankees rotation is behind the curve, but for 2021? It could be disastrous.

No Yankees fan is confident in the team’s rotation depth right now — except Brian Cashman, who is still likely a “fan” of the franchise that pays his checks.

Though there is potential in the group of names the Yanks intend to throw to the AL East wolves in 2021, many of them feel like exciting fourth and fifth pieces, rather than the featured elements they seem destined to become.

Deivi Garcia and Clarke Schmidt should have a chance to contribute to a big league contender in 2021, but should either man be penciled in to start Game 2 of a playoff series? Luis Severino will be a great mid-summer relief if his rehab goes as scheduled, but he should be a luxury, not a bedrock. And don’t get us started on Domingo German.

Well, in case you weren’t already dissatisfied enough with the Yankees’ apparent comfort with their current rotation, then does 2020 have one final blow for you. The buzz throughout the game these days seems to be that many teams plan to keep their pitchers safe and healthy after an abrupt ’20 season by employing a six-man rotation.

Yes, even teams with destitute rotations like the Boston Red Sox.

So…I guess…the Yankees need to find, like, four more starters to give this a try?

Perhaps the Yanks will get lucky and this trend will only become popular amongst teams with very little to lose, like the Sox.

But this ideology seems to be spreading throughout the game, and though it’d be a brutal way to deemphasize Gerrit Cole by minimizing his starts throughout a full season, it could also be a wise long-term play to make sure he remains on the mound.

When the Mariners can go six deep, though, shouldn’t the Yankees plan to do the same?

It’s a copycat league, after all. They all are.

And if even a few MLB teams are attempting to build viable six-man arsenals, the Yankees acquiring an additional reliable starter just turned from an imperative to a necessity.

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