TAMPA — One of baseball’s oldest clichés is missing from Yankees camp.
“I’ll do anything to help the team,’’ is uttered often when a player or pitcher is asked what position he wants to play, where he would like to hit in the order and whether he prefers being a starter or reliever.
That hasn’t been the case in the second and third exhibition games for the Yankees, who have five pitchers vying for the final two spots in Joe Girardi’s rotation.
One day after Adam Warren was firm in his stance that he prefers to start, Luis Severino followed with a plea to be in the rotation.