{"id":591059,"date":"2026-02-24T23:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/591059\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:25:30","slug":"yankees-will-warren-debuts-new-tweak-on-the-mound-in-first-spring-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/591059\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 Will Warren debuts new tweak on the mound in first spring start"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUNEDIN, Fla. \u2014 Will Warren<\/a> looked a little different in his spring debut on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the Yankees<\/a>\u2019 starter pitched from the third base side of the rubber at TD Ballpark, home of the Blue Jays.<\/a> Warren has set up from the first base side of the mound since being drafted in 2021, but he\u2019s been working on the change this spring after some collaborative conversations with the Yankees\u2019 pitching department.<\/p>\n

Warren is still getting comfortable with the adjustment, but he threw from the third base side of the mound in college at Southeastern Louisiana University.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a healthy attack angle,\u201d the righty said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little sharper. Righties, it kind of feels like I\u2019m coming at them. Lefties might feel like the ball is just way out there, especially like a backdoor sweeper, backdoor curveball, and then just making it super sharp going into them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WillWill Warren threw from the first base side of the mound in 2025 (left), but worked from the third base side of the rubber on Tuesday (right).<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s switch coincided with solid results on Tuesday, as he allowed one earned run over 2.2 innings in the Yankees\u2019 first matchup with the Blue Jays since last October\u2019s ALDS.<\/a> Warren also totaled four hits, zero walks and four strikeouts over 49 pitches.<\/p>\n

Asked if shifting to the other side of the mound really makes a difference, Warren replied, \u201cYes and no.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s that big, but you move all the way across, it\u2019s 17 inches or something like that,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019ll mess your lines up a little bit. So I\u2019m just making sure those are sharp, that way I can get ahead and have success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warren, 26, is coming off his first full season in the majors, as well as a career-high workload for his pro career. He recorded a 4.44 ERA \u2013 a number inflated by a handful of clunkers \u2013 while logging 33 starts and 162.1 innings.<\/p>\n

In addition to a new position on the mound, Warren said that he hopes to find more success against lefties in 2026. He believes that \u201cthrowing the kitchen sink at them\u201d \u2013 using his entire arsenal \u2013 will help, but \u201cthe main thing is getting ahead in the count.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Toronto\u2019s lone run off Warren came on a first-inning single from Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez, a left-handed hitter. Last season, portside swingers had a .786 OPS against Warren, while righties had a .680 OPS.<\/p>\n

GOLDY IS ALRIGHT<\/p>\n

Paul Goldschmidt isn\u2019t expected to play much vs. righties after struggling against them in 2025, but the backup first baseman found some success against one on Tuesday when he hit a two-run homer off Toronto\u2019s Tyler Rogers in the third inning. Another righty, Jesse Hahn, surrendered a two-run double to Goldschmidt in the fifth frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever\u2019s on the mound, it always feels good to get hits and hit the ball hard, especially that homer,\u201d Goldschmidt said.<\/p>\n

A right-handed hitter, Goldschmidt had a .981 OPS against lefties last season, though the 38-year-old became less effective against southpaws as the season progressed. Goldschmidt, now in a reserve role<\/a>, will surely play against some left-handers this season, but the Yankees plan on letting the lefty-swinging Ben Rice, their primary first baseman and occasional catcher, face them more often than he did in 2025.<\/p>\n

FRIED\u2019S THROWING PLAN<\/p>\n

Aaron Boone said that Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Wednesday. After that, his next outing against live hitters is expected to come in an actual spring training game, his first of the exhibition season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNEDIN, Fla. \u2014 Will Warren looked a little different in his spring debut on Tuesday. That\u2019s because the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,108,4,118,151,282,70,2553,772,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-591059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-max-fried","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-paul-goldschmidt","14":"tag-spring-training","15":"tag-toronto","16":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","17":"tag-torontobluejays","18":"tag-will-warren","19":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116128195142408284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}