The Yankees should get creative with Domingo Germán and their rotation

The Yankees are in a bit of a weird place with their starting rotation right now. With Luis Severino on the injured list and Jordan Montgomery traded, the fifth rotation spot seemingly belongs to Domingo Germán. That is not ideal in a lot of ways. He has proven over the course of five seasons that he is a middling at best starter in the major leagues.

In his five seasons, he has averaged a 4.60 ERA over 354.0 innings with 381 strikeouts. In his limited time since returning from the injury, Germán has pitched to a 6.39 ERA over 12.2 innings. He obviously has time to turn things around, but the Yankees can’t be feeling super solid with him in their rotation. The problem, however, is that the…