The Yankees needed another starting pitcher before they trade deadline and they got one Thursday, when they sent Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney to the Blue Jays for J.A. Happ. Happ is making his Yankees debut today and he has a pretty low bar to clear. Be better than Domingo German and Luis Cessa, basically. Those two have a 5.64 ERA (4.58 FIP) in 81.1 innings as starters this year. Most of that is German. Cessa’s been okay his last few times out.
Of course, the Yankees didn’t acquire Happ just to be better than German and Cessa.