When the season comes to an end for any sports team, there’s always a subsequent autopsy. Reasons for the season’s successes and failures are endlessly dissected. Expectations are met, exceeded, or fallen short of. Whether you believe the Yankees had a successful season or not, what matters is that areas of improvement are identified and courses of action are implemented to help make the following season a bigger success.
The most obvious area most will point to when it comes to improving the Yankees’ roster for 2020 is starting pitching. When Luis Severino landed on the injured list in March, the Yankees’ rotation depth was quickly tested, and it became clear there wasn’t much depth at all.