The Yankees recent 13-game win streak proved that this team has the endurance necessary to win ball games consistently. The pitching staff is diverse—they have specialists in the arsenal as well as starters who can not only eat up innings but dominate. With the recent outing of Corey Kluber not exactly a welcome back party, what role with rookie pitching stud Luis Gil have as the Yankees head into September?
"Over three starts in August, Gil posted a pristine 0.00 ERA across 15.2 innings, striking out 18 batters along the way. Going three starts without allowed an earned run wasn't just impressive, it was historic," reported SI.com.
Guys like Nestor Cortes, Jr. and from the bullpen Jonathan Loaisiga have really stepped amidst the injuries that have plagued not only the pitching staff but the entire team. Zach Britton will undergo surgery next month to remove bone chips from his left elbow, so his season is done. The Yankees will need to fill that hole in the bullpen so although Gil has been a starter coming up for the Bombers in recent weeks, there is a possibility that he could come into games from the pen, which he did on Sunday for the RailRiders.
"One of the reasons we did bring him out of the 'pen, even though it was more of a start an inning and do his starter's workload, was to just give him a little bit of a different routine to keep that potentially in play," Boone added according to SI.com.
The Yankees will have a long stretch of 20 games after they come back from the West Coast and play back at the Stadium on Thursday. Pitching will be a commodity given the marathon ahead of them. Luis Severino and Mike King could both be back with a week or so giving the team extra depth, but having Gil in either a starter, opener or long reliever could really add that extra push the Yankees need to finish the regular season with a postseason future.
--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof
So didn't the Yankees learn anything from the Joba rules?
ReplyDeleteI would had left Kluber in AAA for more rehab, DFA Hearney and promoted Gil the rotation.
Gallo needs to sit because he is not helping the Yankees offense.
I would move Wade to LF and bat him leadoff and move DJ to maybe 2nd to hit behind runners and Rizzo to 5th.
Let's be real here, Wade is hitting .400, can steal which means a hit is almost a double and with DJ's ability to hit behind they could do some hit and run and have 1st and 3rd.
I would take Andujar 's bat over Gallo in LF.He was the wrong OF to trade for. Maybe we can move him in the off season.
I really don't know about SS, I like the kid but if we can get the Torres from his first two years back then no brainer which one. Boonehead has to go, playing Odor at 3B who was exposed by playing everyday and hitting like .100 over last 15 games playing Gio at SS instead of .400 hitter Wade is stupid. But hey he doesn't want the Yankees to win because he has never forgiven them for cutting him when he violated his contract. He always seems to make a wrong move at an important time.