Unexpected breakouts are what takes a pitching staff from good to outstanding. Performances that the front office and the coaching staff don’t see coming can give a team, in this case, the Yankees, the necessary resources to increase its ceiling.
The Yankees had several breakout pitchers in recent seasons. It was Deivi Garcia in 2020, Jonathan Loáisiga and Clay Holmes in 2021, and Ron Marinaccio and Michael King in 2022.
Which will be the ones taking their game to another level in 2023?
Potential breakout pitchers for the Yankees’ 2023 season:
Greg Weissert:
Weissert was fantastic for the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, last year, but his ERA with the big league club was a middling 5.