There’s something about the Yankee bullpen, that season after season they can see relievers come and go from the corps and still return a top five unit in the game. Even just a week or so into the 2023 season, the relievers in pinstripes rank in the top five by ERA and top two by FIP and fWAR in all of baseball — this despite two games of the eight played so far not being remarkable outings for the position group.
That optimism took a hit Saturday morning though, as the Yankees reeled from the official loss of two righthanders, Jonathan Loáisiga to the 10-day IL and Tommy Kahnle the 60-day.