The Yankees acquired James Paxton in a trade with the Seattle Mariners in November 2018. Paxton, 30, was coming off his two strongest seasons as a Mariner and the Yanks looked to him to be a high-end starter in their rotation.
It hasn’t always been pretty for Paxton in 2019, who sports a career-high 4.43 ERA at the moment. However, the month of August has been very kind to ‘The Big Maple.’
In those five starts, the 30-year old lefty is 5-0 with a 2.40 ERA and 35 strikeouts, according to Baseball Reference.