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Following a breakout in 2020, Deivi Garcia was supposed to cement himself in the Yankees’ rotation at some point last season.
But 2021 had different ideas. After making six starts following a midseason call-up in ’20 — and another in the playoffs — the young right-hander finished last year with a 6.85 ERA in 90 ⅔ innings at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and a 6.48 ERA in a pair of outings with the Yankees.
In part because of Garcia’s struggles, when the Yankees needed starting pitching help during a COVID outbreak last season, one of the young pitchers they turned to was Luis Gil.
