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Yankees: Who’s the next best option to fill James Paxton’s rotation spot?

On the same day the Yankees welcomed back Aaron Hicks from the injured list they were forced to place two more players on the IL in the form of Loaisiga and Miguel Andujar. The injured list is now back up to 13 players which is the second most in baseball behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Losing Andujar again stings because it could lead to him needing season-ending labrum surgery but not as much as it would have thanks to the emergence of Gio Urshela. However, in the case of Loaisiga (who was replacing Paxton), the Yankees are now running out of quality internal options to call up and fill that spot in the starting rotation.