December 26, 2024

12 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Gil ‘set the tone for us’ during dominant return from IL

    1. We’ll see, he was never much good as a starter until this season. Last year his era+ was 93 and his FIP 4.42. Did he figure it out at age 28? Maybe. Hope so.
      Gil OTOH might continue to be an Uber ace, or at least a Lyft ace, or fade away like Michael Pineda.

    2. Schmidt was inconsistent last year, which lead to his overall below average performance, but the pieces for a very good pitcher were there. He wouldn’t be the first player to figure it out in his late 20s. Also, last year was basically his only year as a starter in the ML, he had 5 starts across three years coming into 2023.

    3. What gives me the most hope is he seems to have figured out his problems with LHBs who OPSed 875 against him in 2023. Hey I’m happy to have a rotation with huge upside of Cole, Gil, Clarke and Rodon. Stroman would not be the worst #5 and I like Nestor as a spot starter middle innings guy (BA against 220 first two innings)

    4. Stroman would not be the worst #5 and I like Nestor as a spot starter middle innings guy (BA against 220 first two innings)

      Yeah, Stroman really has a MUCH different feel when he’s the fifth guy in the rotation. I still think they should have sent him to the bullpen to avoid him vesting his 2026 player option, but that time has passed (it vested in his last shitty start).

    1. Rortvedt and Higgy still both have more bWAR than Trevino.

      But yes, the fact that Rortvedt is a lefty definitely would make him kind of useless paired with Wells.

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