Gerrit Cole hasn’t pitched like himself since the end of last August. Over his last nine starts, he has turned in one good one, and he didn’t even get past the fifth inning in that one. On Tuesday against the Tigers, Cole lasted 1 2/3 innings, walked a career-high five batters, including the Tigers’ 7 through 9 hitters consecutively. The pitcher who was supposed to be the one sure-thing in the Yankees’ rotation has become their least reliable and worst starter.

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The Yankees essentially brought back the same team from last season that failed miserably to meet expectations, and they’re failing to meet expectations again. When you take the 10th-best offense in the American League and only add 36-year-old Josh Donaldson and .670-career-OPS Isiah Kiner-Falefa, you get an offense that just scored six runs in 29 innings at Camden Yards.

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A night after getting shut out, the Yankees shut out the Blue Jays 4-0 to even the series at a game apiece. Nestor Cortes provided the Yankees with the best start they have received one turn through the rotation, and the bullpen pitched another 4 2/3 scoreless innings.

With the bullpen depth the Yankees have, there’s never a bad option entering the game. Gone are the days of fringe-to-bad major-league relievers trying to get outs for the Yankees, while praying the line drives hit by opponents would find fielders. The Yankees have constructed the deepest and best bullpen ever.

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The 2022 Yankees have only played four games, but these Yankees have played much more. The Yankees brought back the same offense plus Josh Donaldson and are getting the same results, especially when Donaldson isn’t in the lineup like he inexplicably wasn’t on Monday night.

After the recap, Cam Lewis of Jays Nation joined me to talk about the excitement in Toronto for this Blue Jays team, having the expectations of being the American League favorite and the state of the team to begin the season.

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The Yankees opened the season with a series win over the Red Sox, and it should have been a series sweep.

After the recap, Mike Hurley of CBS Boston joined me to talk Yankees-Red Sox and about contract extensions since like the Yankees with Aaron Judge, the Red Sox have unsuccessfully tried to extend Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers.

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