During the team's 2009 World Series championship run, concerns about the quality of starting pitching depth caused manager Joe Girardi to utilize a three-man rotation for the duration of the playoffs. It worked; but he won't have to attempt a repeat of that feat this time around. Thanks to the emergence of newly minted ace Luis Severino, the acquisition of Sonny Gray, the durability of veteran CC Sabathia, and the second-half resurgence of Masahiro Tanaka, the Yankees will head into the postseason with a quartet of starting pitchers that can match up man-for-man with any rotation in the league.
How does the Yankees' postseason rotation measure up to other AL pennant contenders?
