New York Yankees: Where do they go with Jordan Montgomery done for the year?
By Jason Evans
The New York Yankees lose Jordan Montgomery for the rest of the season and a large chunk of 2019 as well. How does this impact their pitching plans?
The New York Yankees haven’t taken a ton of losses this year on the field, but their pitching staff was hit with a significant loss. Left-handed starter Jordan Montgomery will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of this season. His 2019 season is also in doubt too, due to the recovery from the surgery.
Montgomery had been on the DL for over a month for what was called a flexor strain in his elbow, but now he will have to have the surgery.
So where do the New York Yankees go from here regarding their starting rotation?
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Well, Domingo German should be in it for the long haul at this point. The 225-year-oldis 0-4 with a 5.44 ERA, but probably deserved a better fate his past two times out. Luis Cessa was supposed to serve as rotation depth, but he is injured too.
In fact, the only starters left on the 40-man roster are in AA, in Domingo Acevedo and Jonathan Loaisiga. Albert Abreu is at class-A Tampa and is not ready for that kind of jump. A.J. Cole has started in the past, but would need to be stretched out.
Some of their top pitching prospects like Chance Adams and Justus Sheffield were supposed to be the next men up, however, due to injury and ineffectiveness this year, they haven’t progressed to that point.
In fact, the next man up might be Josh Rogers, who I talked about last week in this space.
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The New York Yankees are going to have to acquire another starter, maybe even two, and have about $12 million to play with to stay under the luxury tax so they can reset their penalties should they go over it in the off-season due to the free agent class.
Any starting pitcher who’s rumored to be on the market will be tied to the New York Yankees this trade season. So who will they get? We’ll find out over the next couple of months.