Entering this season, the New York Yankees starting rotation contained much more questions than answers.
Some questions were: CC Sabathia was coming off his best season since 2012, but can he continue to the resurgence and stay healthy? Can Luis Severino channel the 2015 version of himself? Will Michael Pineda look like the filthy right-hander we all know he can be? And who the heck will round out the back end of the rotation?
One of the few sure-things, however, was ace Masahiro Tanaka, who was coming off a year in which he registered 199.