The Yankees have played three games against the Blue Jays in the ALDS, and they got terrible starting pitching in all of them.
After Luis Gil and Max Fried failed to last more than three innings in the first two games, Carlos Rodón delivered the biggest clunker of the series, knocked out after just 2 ⅔ innings, having allowed six runs in a must-win game in Game 3 in The Bronx.
Heading into the series, the Yankees were considered to have more depth in the rotation, with Toronto seemingly needing to go with a bullpen game if it went to a Game 4.
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón reacts on the mound after giving up a two-run homer to Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. during the first inning. JASON SZENES/ NY POST
But Gil was outdueled by Kevin Gausman in the opener, and Fr