New addition J.A. Happ was originally scheduled to start Saturday’s game until he was diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease and placed on the 10-day DL. Happ should only miss one start but it could not have come at a worse time. In Thursday night’s disaster of a loss, the Yankees tried to stay away from using Cessa but a terrible performance from Jonathan Holder combined with questionable decision making from Aaron Boone left him with no choice but go to Cessa.
Holder has been so good all season but he’s hitting a big wall of late.