Why Yankees could trade starter with 'control and command issues', 4.66 Spring Training ERA
This would be a surprising decision for the Yankees to make.
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The New York Yankees will start the season with a four-man starting rotation. Max Fried, Cam Schlittler, Will Warren, and Ryan Weathers make up the top four. That leaves Luis Gil, the 2024 AL Rookie of the Year, out of the equation .
"The Yankees are still trying to decide whether Gil will start the season with the big league club or down in the minors," FanSided's Rucker Haringey wrote Tuesday. "The idea in sending him down to AAA is that he can continue to build up his arm strength as a starter. If he begins the season with the Yankees, he'll have to wait a couple of turns in the rotation to be utilized as the No.
5 starter. " Gil didn't look like his normal self last season in 11 starts, returning in August after rehabbing a high-grade lat strain. Could the Yankees consider trading Gil this season?