Much has been made of the Yankees’ starting pitching and their lackluster performances. Despite the team as a whole succeeding due to their endless supply of above-average hitters, the rotation has continued to struggle. Over the past 30 days, they own a collective ERA of 4.75, and have averaged 1.86 home runs allowed per nine innings. I can think of many adjectives to describe that factoid, but ideal is not one of them.
It is important to note, however, that the Yankees’ top three starters - Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, and Domingo German - have all been quite good in that time frame.