A BLOW TO THE YANKEE STARTING ROTATION

Looks like Clarke Schmidt, no question of the Yankees top starters this season, is out with injury. No one wants to hear this as the Yankees have been pretty lucky, only losing Gerrit Cole and DJ LeMahieu for a spell and that proved to be fine as the Yankees really stepped it up this season.  But now you always worry about if the injury plaque will hit the Yankees around this time of year, June, when things start to get important. We will see what happens, but for now, Schmidt is on the shelf.

Empire Sports Media writes:

"Schmidt is sidelined and won’t be throwing for the next 4–6 weeks... This extended absence hints that Schmidt could be out for more than 1.5 months, allowing Cole to reintegrate into the rotation before Schmidt can return to contribute....

In Schmidt’s absence, Cody Poteet will take over his spot. Poteet, 29, has a 1.50 ERA over six innings this season and has pitched 33.1 innings at the Triple-A level with a 4.05 ERA. "

It's good the Yankees can make some moves like this and hopefully it won't be a big factor in a negative way, as I said, we are just getting really going now as June is about to hit the calendar.  We will see.

For now, Get well soon Clarke.