The Yankee rotation faces a little more downside than I think we’d all like. Gerrit Cole is 35 and coming off Tommy John surgery, Carlos Rodón will likely start the season on the IL alongside Cole, Luis Gil never quite looked right coming off his own injury, and Will Warren was fine if unimpressive. That leaves Cam Schlittler, who was impressive but carries the same downside risk of every young starter, that is, pitching in the majors is very very hard.

There’s a couple options the Yankees can pursue to hedge that risk, but I kinda hate watching Dylan Cease pitch and even Bob Nutting isn’t dumb enough to trade Paul Skenes yet. Tatsuya Imai, recently posted by Seibu in NPB, offers about as much upside as Cease or fellow top FA starter Framber Valdez, but is younger and brings an opportunit

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