Between now and each pitcher’s first start, we are going to do a deep dive Statcast breakdown on the New York Yankees’ rotation options. Previous we covered Jonathan Loaisiga, Jordan Montgomery, and Gerrit Cole. Up today: James Paxton
Paxton has an interesting back story. After being drafted by his native Toronto Blue Jays in the first round in 2009, he opted to return to college at the University of Kentucky. However, he was deemed ineligible by NCAA because of a contract with Scott Boras. Gotta love those amateurism rules. Since he couldn’t pitch at Kentucky, Paxton pitched in Indy Ball for the Grand Prairie AirHogs (can we rename all MLB teams after something like AirHogs?