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Yankees are seeing their 2017 first-round pick flourish in rotation

Back in 2023, injuries to the rotation would force the Yankees to make Clarke Schmidt into a starter at the Major League level. Despite the excitement around his brand-new cutter, last season didn’t go as well as people hoped it could for the right-hander, as he struggled to keep the ball in the yard and his strikeout rates plummeted.

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