The New York Yankees are gearing up to face off against the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, but the starting pitching rotation took a strange turn ahead of the opener on Monday evening.
Most expected the Yankees to utilize Gerrit Cole, Masahiro Tanaka, and JA Happ as a three-man rotation against Tampa, but they made an interesting change that could prove to be a boom or bust decision.
Manager Aaron Boone waited until about two hours before the opening pitch of the ALDS to determine the future of his rotation going into the series.