Can he hit with runners in scoring position?

"Young pitching can give a starting rotation and an entire team a tremendous shot in the arm."

Then it's a good thing the Yankees have so much young pitching.


"Just look at what Steven Matz did for the Mets on Sunday. Now the Mets have a trio of young pitching studs in Matz, Jacob deGrom and Matt Harvey — the Tommy John Trio.

The Yankees have their young ace, 21-year-old Luis Severino, at Triple-A, waiting for a call-up to the major leagues."

 Look at what Steven Matz did on Sunday!


"Talking to several Yankees hitters, they say Severino is the real deal, and one told The Post, 'I’d love to see Severino get a shot up here.'

Players get enthused when a young player can give the team a boost. It’s like making a trade — it energizes the team."

Well, sure. Assuming the young player is good ... or the player received in the imaginary trade is good.


"There is a lot of baseball to be played, but if the Yankees add some much-needed youth to the rotation now, and it works out, they would not be in such a desperate search for starting pitching before the trade deadline."

I don't think anyone will stand in your way if you want to get CC out of the rotation.

If you click "more stats" for CC Sabathia at baseball-reference.com, you will find an AL MVP candidate: 384 at-bats, .299/.329/.505, 19 HRs, approximately 59 RBIs. That's the AL (some NL, too) vs. CC Sabathia this season.

So, yeah, CC stinks. No particular reason to think Severino or anybody else would be worse.

But the Yankees' rotation that supposedly badly needs youth? Nova (28) just replaced Warren (27). The other three non-Sabathians are 26, 26, and 25.