{"id":616740,"date":"2026-03-10T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/616740\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:34:21","slug":"how-would-you-line-up-the-yankees-starting-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/616740\/","title":{"rendered":"How would you line up the Yankees\u2019 starting rotation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The closer we get to Opening Day, the sooner we\u2019ll lean about the Yankees\u2019 ultimate roster plans. Manager Aaron Boone got the obvious out of the way last night, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinstripealley.com\/yankees-news\/178971\/yankees-news-max-fried-opening-day-starter-ben-rice-luck-rodon-rehab-jones-optioned-wbc-judge-usa-bill-white\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;confirmation&quot;}\" class=\"link \">confirmation<\/a> that 2025 ace free-agent signing Max Fried will be the Opening Day starter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If you had to line up the Yankees\u2019 rotation beyond Fried right now, who would make your cut? For the purpose of this question, we want to know the specific order you\u2019d use for the first time the Yankees need to pitch five starters in five days. Fried, Ryan Weathers, Cam Schlittler, Luis Gil, and Will Warren all figure to be in the mix, but how are you lining them up and why? Maybe you\u2019d like to get Ryan Yarbrough in there, too. This is a no-judgment zone!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Also, as a secondary exercise, suppose that all of the Yankees\u2019 injured starters return and all are healthy. (I cannot emphasize enough that I do not believe this will happen because the best-laid plans of healthy pitching are best forgotten. But we\u2019re having fun here! How would you line the front five up with Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rod\u00f3n, and Clarke Schmidt in the mix? Yes, yes, the boring-but-correct answer is that it depends on how all the pitchers look in that moment, and especially how the arms respond to their various comebacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the first prompt, my gut says to go Fried\/Schlittler\/Weathers\/Gil\/Warren, and for the second, Fried\/Cole\/Rod\u00f3n\/Schlittler\/Schmidt \u2014 tagging Weathers in for Schmidt since I don\u2019t really trust that his elbow will let him make so many starts for the 2026 Yanks. Let us hope that this is a problem the Yankees are forced to handle! I\u2019m feeling optimistic about most of these names anyway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Today on the site, John and Matt lead will recap the WBC action from Monday, Sam will preview Ryan Weathers\u2019 2026 campaign, Peter will look across town and read the tea leaves about the 2026 Mets, and Nick will celebrate the birthday of Steve Howe, a very talented pitcher whose own demons unfortunately kept him from sticking around on this Earth for very long.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Matchup<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Time: 1:05 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Video: Gotham Sports Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Venue: BayCare Ballpark, Clearwater, FL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The closer we get to Opening Day, the sooner we\u2019ll lean about the Yankees\u2019 ultimate roster plans. 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