Will Warren

Warren gave up six hits, including a three-run homer to Ryan O’Hearn. He finished with five strikeouts and also issued a pair of walks. The 25-year-old has failed to pitch beyond the fifth inning in each of his six starts to open the year. He’ll bring an inflated 5.63 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and 26/12 K/BB ratio across 24 innings into a home outing on Sunday against the division-rival Rays.

After five scoreless frames, Warren gave up just his second and third hits of the game to start the sixth and was pulled. Both runners came around to score in what had been a 2-0 game, and the Yankees were down 3-2 by the time the inning ended. It was still a positive outing for Warren. He pitched into the sixth for the first time this season, even if he apparently shouldn’t have. He’ll take a 1-0 record and a 4.79 ERA into his next start against the Orioles.

Warren’s first inning wasn’t bad; he gave up singles to the first two batters he faced, but one of the runners was erased on the basepaths, and Warren completed the inning having thrown 15 pitches. The second inning, however, saw him throw 38 pitches and walk two while getting two outs. He was replaced by Ryan Yarbrough with the bases loaded, and Yarbrough retired Brandon Lowe to end the threat. Warren’s ERA essentially held steady at 5.17 in spite of the weak effort. The immediate threat to his rotation spot was cleared when Marcus Stroman’s knee injury created room for Clarke Schmidt, but Warren still might be on thin ice anyway. He’s due to face the Guardians next.

Warren served up a two-run homer to Wilmer Flores in the second inning on a fly ball to right-center that carried on a rainy day in New York. He was otherwise sharp on the day, striking out six over five innings on 14 whiffs. The 25-year-old right-hander will take a 5.14 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and a 15/7 K/BB ratio across 14 innings into a road start against the Rays on Thursday.