The New York Yankees were always going to be one of the best teams in baseball, but they weren’t quite supposed to do it this way. We’ve talked a lot about all of the surprises in the lineup, but really, the starting rotation has also been a pleasant surprise. The Yankees are fifth in fWAR as a rotation, and have respectable underlying metrics in 2019.
Still, it’s always good to take a step back and evaluate something from all aspects. The Yankees’ rotation has been good, but it has also been thin. We knew this way back in March, when FanGraphs lauded the starters’ ceiling while committing four paragraphs to concerns about injury problems and the lack of reliable minor league options ready.