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5 low-cost starters that make sense for the Yankees

The New York Yankees need to bring one or two additional pitchers to the roster, as their depth was diminished by the departure of Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, and J.A. Happ, plus Luis Severino’s Tommy John surgery.

Here are some cheap alternatives still floating around in the free agent market:

Adam Wainwright

Adam Wainwright was a top-notch starter from 2007 to 2015, after a fantastic season as a reliever for the World-Series winning Cardinals in 2006. He then started to decline in 2016 and was a 4.00+ ERA pitcher until 2019.

However, in the shortened version of the 2020 campaign, the man with the beautiful curveball finished with a 3.