The Yankees’ offense has issues and question marks entering 2022, but the franchise appears to be in a good place in the pitching department. This is not to say that the Yankees couldn’t use another stellar arm in the rotation for next season, but the club was fourth in Wins Above Replacement (FanGraphs’ version) with 22.3, and had the sixth-best ERA in MLB, at 3.76. There is already a strong foundation in place when it comes to arms.
A big part of that success can, and should, be attributed to pitching coach Matt Blake. Under his tutelage, the Yankees had several breakthrough performances, with different samples sizes: Clay Holmes, Wandy Peralta, Joely Rodríguez, Stephen Ridings, Néstor Cortés Jr.