The Yankees entered spring training with two pitchers at the top of their priority list: Jameson Taillon and Corey Kluber. Seeing them healthy and productive after being almost entirely absent in 2020 would go a long way toward building confidence in the team’s rotation.
Taillon has done his part so far, and while he wasn’t at his sharpest during his Friday start against the Tigers, he still kept them off the board. He worked around two walks and a double by Wilson Ramos to get through the first two frames unscathed, then walked Robbie Grossman and gave up an infield single to Jeimer Candelario to lead off the third.