New York Yankees: Is this the season of Deivi Garica?

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Jul 7, 2019; Cleveland, OH, USA; American League starting pitcher Deivi Garcia delivers in the first inning in the 2019 MLB All Star Futures Game at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

Over the last year, there was a ton of talk of New York Yankees’ pitching star Deivi Garcia and how he’s going be the team’s savior. The rotation was one of the Yankees’ weak points last season, but with the addition of Gerrit Cole and a healthy Luis Severino, that’s no longer true.

There’s been talk that the Yankees don’t need Deivi Garcia anymore because of Cole and should trade him away. I’m not opposed to the idea of trading, but if not, the Yankees need to give Garcia a shot this year. Even though the rotation is significantly better than last year, there’s nothing wrong with having too much pitching.

It’s believed that Garcia will have a shot this year up in the Major Leagues. Maybe not as a starter, but probably as an option out of the bullpen.

“For his age, to do what he’s doing,” said Cashman on Garcia. “I was just looking at Baseball America last night and he’s listed as like, Double-A All-Star and I think it opened up with him being the youngest pitcher in the Eastern League. And I was like, he was probably the youngest pitcher in the International League, and if he got here, he would have been the youngest pitcher in the big leagues. It was an incredible run. But obviously he’ll go on the roster this winter and we’ll see what we got in the spring.”

I fully expect Garcia to be on the roster come the season. His potential is way too high to be ignored, and the New York Yankees should at least give him a shot. You never know what you might stumble upon.