What would you think if you learned that the Yankees had a prospect who throws a fastball that averages nearly 98 miles per hour and has a genuine knee-buckling, 12-to-6 curve?

And if you learned that the prospect stands 6-6 and weighs 225 pounds and has a perfect pitcher’s body, all arms and legs coming at the batter? And that he shot his way from Double-A to Triple-A this season while impressing at both levels?

You’d be pretty excited about that prospect, right? You’d be clamoring for the front office to call him up, as Mets fans did before the team inserted heralded young hurler Nolan McLean into the rotation earlier this month with great anticipation and success.

Then how in an era of never-ending hype about baseball prospects did Cam Schlittler arrive in the Yankees’ rotation in su

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