The Yankees have done their best with a piecemeal rotation this year: CC Sabathia, Masahiro Tanaka, David Phelps, Ivan Nova, and Michael Pineda are all on the disabled list, but with trades and strong rookie performances, they’re still in the playoff picture. Tomorrow, they’ll turn to this guy against the Indians (via Reddit)
The Yankees’ starting pitcher is a smiley face
Things have gotten dire in the Bronx, and they’re turning to emoticons to fill out the rotation.
Other players the Yankees considered for tomorrow’s start:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (doesn’t have a winning attitude
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) (still in minors due to anger issues)
(•_•)
\( (> a starting pitcher
/ \
(Of course, this is just Paul O’Neill’s way of having fun with the fact that the Yankees haven’t yet picked a starting pitcher and thus had a silly-looking graphic, but, well, don’t rain on our parade.
The Yanks have since announced that Esmil Rogers, a Blue Jays castoff who has thrown four innings for the Yankees since being signed in late July, will get the nod, ending a once-promising career for :-)
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