The 2023 season of the New York Yankees has been quite weak. The Bronx team is close to ending the campaign with a negative record and breaking a streak of six consecutive seasons qualifying for the playoffs.
The great weak point of the Yankees this season was their low offensive capacity, since the team led by Aaron Boone He has the fifth worst batting average in the entire Major Leagues.. In addition to that, the New York ninth was plagued by injuries during the course.
On the other hand, the pitching did not have its best lights either. Among the injuries to Carlos Rodón, who missed half of the season, Luis Severino, Néstor Cortés and the sanction of Domingo Germán. The starters at Yankee Stadium were short.
Faced with this crisis of arms, reliever Michael King established himself in the New York team with some quality starts and responding in relief. Being a light at the end of the tunnel for the Yankees.
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King’s consolidation came this Wednesday night when he faced the Toronto Blue Jays with a performance worthy of a top-level starter. The 28-year-old pitcher completed seven innings of work, in which he only received one run, five hits and struck out 13. To leave the entire Yankee Stadium surprised.
“It was a very special performance. He is showing everyone that he can. Now he can prove that he can do this every five days“said Aaron Boone after King’s outstanding outing on the mound.
Wednesday was the fifth consecutive start for King. In total he only allowed four runs and struck out 39 batters in 25.2 innings of work. He is emerging as a potential piece to integrate the Yankees’ rotation next year.
King has had opportunities in the past to establish himself as a rotation starter, but as he himself says “I had opportunities in 2020 and 2021 and I don’t think I took advantage of them”. Additionally, he also commented on the differences in the dynamics between reliever and starter.
“The work is different. Before my task was to find areas where hitters swung and now in certain situations, I can look for weak contact or quick outs,” King concluded.
With only 10 games remaining in the regular season, King had a total of 47 appearances on the mound. Only seven of them as a starterand so far he has registered an ERA of 2.66 with 121 strikeouts, being the Yankees’ third pitcher with the most strikeouts.
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2023-09-21 15:14:40
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