Harold Capote Fernandez
Throughout the Major League season, the performance of the starters in the New York Yankees has been excellent, however, with the passing of the calendar, the high performance has been diluted, as can be seen in the statistics of the starting quintet; Given this reality, would the management of the Mulos consider taking over the services of Pablo López?
Although the cabin man is still under the control of the Marlins and may be a free agent after the 2025 tournament, his name has sounded in different rumors of change, in which it is argued that in Miami they could prefer to leave him now, that it is in their best year so its market value is high.
But how would the right-hander fit into a rotation that currently has a 3.29 ERA?
The possible answer, as we said, lies in the downward trend in the performance of the quintet made up of Gerrit Cole, Néstor Cortés, Jameson Taillon, Jordan Montgomery and Luis Severino.
The five of them in April combined for a 2.70 ERA, rising to 2.77 in May, 3.69 in June and 4.72 so far this month.
Seen another way:
Cole in April had 3.00, 3.21 during May, 2.73 in June and 3.32 in July, total: 3.05
Cortés in April 1.31, for May 1.95, 4.15 in June and 4.66 this July, total: 2.74
Taillon 3.26 in April, 2.01 in May, 4.59 last May and 9.58 in July, total: 4.01
Montgomery in April 2.70, in May 3.24, June 3.66 and July with 2.53, total: 3.19
Severino 3.32 in April, 3.41 in May, 3.30 in June and 4.50 so far, total: 3.11
Pablo López, in numbers
Certainly the Zuliano is not as dominant as at the beginning of 2022, when he remained the leader in ERA in the Majors with 1.57, this in his first 8 appearances; in the next 7 he has 4.08 slightly above the average figure among the generality of his colleagues with 4.00.
With all this, his total average of earned runs allowed is 2.91, which implies that in the current rotation of the Yankees, only Néstor Cortés is better than him in this section.
Of course, the possibility that López lands in the Bronx at the moment is merely speculative, but let’s not forget the always-long desire to improve, to become the best available that characterizes the Yankees, the cast with the most championships at the highest level. of the sport of bats, gloves and balls.