TAMPA — The Yankees analytics department has a formula to drop a measurement on almost any aspect of the game. However it can’t fit six into five.
So, when it comes to Ivan Nova’s place in the Yankees’ pitching plans, he is the favorite to be left out of a five-man rotation and land in the bullpen if not traded which is something the club attempted to do last summer and this past offseason.
Manager Joe Girardi listed Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and Nathan Eovaldi as starters Sunday and said because of just 11 major-league starts, Luis Severino still has to be evaluated since his body of work is small.