Ben Rice is a lovely tale, but the Yankees still have to prove they can get back to playing the way they did the first 70 glorious games.
Young Ben Rice is a nice story whether it’s a one-day story or he keeps his unexpected magic going. That the Yankees even discovered the Boston kid and Dartmouth alum was the first miracle. How many more are coming?
— represented a beautiful diversion from a dismal trend. But even manager Aaron Boone wasn’t necessarily buying a carryover effect. The rotation, the best in baseball the first 70 games, posted an MLB-worst 7.37 ERA over their 5-14 slide. If anything, one would think the return of reigning Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole would make them better. But everyone else regressed.Marcus Stroman has seen his ERA rise from 2.60 to 3.58. Carlos Rodon has seen his ERA go from 2.93 to 4.45. And Luis Gil, Sunday night’s starter, has seen the biggest jump of all. He had gone from 1.82 to 3.41 entering play.2.
Based on early returns, Rice may actually be more suited to cleanup than leadoff but Boone said he likes Alex Verdugo’s “presence” there, and expressed faith in the ex-Red Sox player, suggesting he simply went through a “two to three week” stretch where he “struggled a little bit.”
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