The book on James Paxton in 2019 was that he had a hard time getting into starts, with the first inning statistically being his worst inning.
In the metaphor where Paxton’s 2020 season is just in its first inning, it seems the lefty hasn’t been able to leave his slow starts behind him. Paxton labored through parts of two innings in his season-opening start, surrendering three runs while allowing six of the nine batters he faced to reach base. It was certainly not the season debut that the Yankees had in mind for their No.