From Bill Ladson:
Right-hander Will Warren continues to show that he wants to stay in the Yankees’ rotation. On Friday night, he threw his third consecutive quality start in a 7-2 victory over the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.
Warren was dealing throughout the game, pitching 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk and striking out nine batters. The earned run came in the second inning when he allowed a homer to Pete Alonso, who hit a monster shot into the second deck in right field. Warren has lowered his ERA from 2.59 to 2.39. He is arguably the most underrated pitcher on New York’s staff.
“You say Warren is the guy we haven’t talked about,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “The body of work starting with Spring Training has been excellent — over and over again. … It just built up in Spring Training. It just carried into the season.
“The stuff has been excellent. The strike-throwing is there. He was in command. You see all the swings and misses. He did a great job using the sinker in combination with using the four-seamer. The sweeper looked good. He mixed in the changeup well. Just another really strong performance.”
It really is amazing how many good starters the Yankees have right now. Hopefully they keep it up!
Featured image is Warren walking off to a standing ovation when he left the game in the seventh.
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