Last night, in a spot start replacing the injured CC Sabathia, Luis Cessa was tagged for five runs in 3.2 innings. It was his fourth start this season and his second straight game with five runs allowed in three innings and change. Cessa was sent back to Triple-A Scranton after the game because the Yankees don’t need a fifth starter for a while thanks to two off-days next week.
Sabathia is only expected to miss one start and the Yankees went with Cessa as the spot starter over several internal options. The easy move would’ve been to pull Sonny Gray out of the bullpen.