CLEVELAND — As the 2019 Yankees try to avoid registering their first calendar decade without winning a pennant since 1910-1919, this is no time to contemplate macro issues.
Call me a troublemaker, though, as I can’t help but wonder: What do they have in Domingo German?
For this season, German, good or bad, represents a starting pitcher with an expiration date. For next season and beyond, can he be something more, so that the Yankees will be less hungry for rotation reinforcements? His trending discourages, yet it doesn’t disqualify.
On Friday night at Progressive Field, the 26-year-old registered his first loss since April 18, ending a stretch of eight straight starts without a blemish.