Would've preferred giving the 5th spot to Mitchell.
In 6 ST games, (15.2 IP), 3 as a SP, he's posted a 0.57 ERA and 0.63 WHIP.
He'll turn 25 yrs old in April and it looks like he's here to stay unless he begins to stink up the place.
He has a good lively fastball and a sharp curve ball - good news indeed.
Yanks could very well be on schedule injecting some good homegrown SP with Severino, Mitchell and 2015 first round pick James Kaprielian who seems to be on the fast track to the majors.
Eovaldi is still young 25 yrs old also with a lively arm but it still remains to be seen if he can find himself and put it together.
As for CC being named the 5th starter, it looks like obvious politics (his high salary).
However, the decision has been made and all we can do is hope for the best unless we want to form a protest outside of Cashman's office.
In cases like this, I try to look for a reason/reasons why it may work out.
Remember, he's now the "FIFTH STARTER", not expected to pitch like an ace.
So, I brought this up a while back and was soundly booed, admonished and accused of cherry picking. lol, so be it.
In his last 9 starts last year Aug 6 - Oct 1 in important games with first place and a wild card at stake, CC had a 2.86 ERA and this includes one stinker where he pitched 2 IP and allowed 2 runs.....he pitched at least 6 innings in 6 of those games and 6.2 innings in three other games.
I think his final 9 starts (almost 1/3 of a season) is a fairly decent sample of work during pressure times.
Of course I'm trying to find a bright spot, maybe his "new" knee brace will be a key factor, who the heck knows(?)....as I've said.....gotta hope for the best instead of stamping our feet and crying out loud, lol.
I don't believe the Yanks will go as far this year with him as last year if he stinks up the place.
We may see Mitchell sooner than later, unless the fat old war horse continues where he left off in his final two months of 2015.
