The Yankees have two starting pitchers in their current rotation who, in the recent past, have never had a story written about them without the word “inconsistent” close to their names. That’s changed, or at least is changing in a big way that benefits the Yankees from here on in.
It’s a baseball story, and it has to do not so much with a con game as we normally think of one, but with a confidence game. Because when all is said and done, it’s self-confidence or lack thereof, that drives major league ballplayers one way or the other.