The Yankees have leaned heavily on their offense to survive a shaky early April, but cracks in the rotation are becoming harder to patch. They need outside help as soon as the trade market will allow it.

Stroman proceeded to induce a strikeout and a flyout, but Boone cut the cord after a Tyler Fitzgerald single. With two on, two away and the Yankees less than an inning into their first of 13 straight games, Ryan Yarbrough stopped the bleeding by striking out Yastrzemski.

New York Yankees starting pitchers not named Max Fried have had a disappointing 2025 season thus far, and that's especially the case after Marcus Stroman's disaster outing in an eventual 9-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Friday.