At the start of the week, the answer to the question of who would be the safety net for the New York Yankees rotation would have been an easy one: Adam Warren, but after Warren was traded for Starlin Castro on Tuesday, there is no easy answer. The Yankees currently have seven pitchers capable of starting games, and potentially leading the team in innings pitched, but each comes with issues.
Losing Warren not only hurts the strength of the rotation, but also the bullpen, which struggled towards the end of the year.