Yankees pitching continues historic start to 2026 season after shutout of Mariners: 'We're just trying to keep it rolling'
After Max Fried tossed seven scoreless innings against the Mariners on Tuesday, Yankees pitching has had a historic start to the 2026 season.
Many in baseball knew the Yankees pitching staff was good, but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who would have predicted the historic start to the 2026 season the Bronx Bombers are putting up. Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Mariners capped off a five-game stretch where Yankees pitching was the most dominant in baseball. And it even made history.
According to Katie Sharp , across the first five games of the season, Yankees pitching has allowed just three earned runs. That's tied for the fewest in MLB history since 1900, tied with the 1943 Cardinals. Digging a little deeper, Yankees starters have allowed just one run across those first five games, and the team as a whole has already thrown three shutouts.
When asked if he anticipated his staff pitching this well, manager Aaron Boone admitted he didn't. "We definitely like our pitching. I don't know if you draw up this many shutouts and all that early on, I don't care how good your pitching is.
It doesn't usually work that seamlessly," he said. "It's a great start for those guys in there; they're pitching with a lot of confidence. They're executing.