Chalk this up to things you didn’t expect to hear from the Yankees only a few weeks into Spring Training. But following the news that starting pitchers Luis Severino and C.C. Sabathia are likely to begin the regular season on the injured list, manager Aaron Boone is seriously considering using a relief pitcher as an ‘opener,’ instead of a traditional starter at times in 2019.
As Boone recently told Coley Harvey of ESPN:
“I could see it being something we consider from time to time,” Boone said. “I don’t see it a lot, but yeah, I could see it coming into play on certain occasions.