Yanks: Chase Whitley Starts Tonight

The Yanks drafted Chase Whitley as a reliever a few years ago.   They've found great value in drafting college relievers, over the past several years, and Chase looked like another one.   He doesn't have the Burawa velocity, but he was plugging along with his plus change up and he might have become a middle reliever for the Yanks or a trade piece.  Then, last year, they decided to give him some starts - and his stuff played up.   Usually it's the other way around with pitchers, but it seems like, once he became a starter he added more pitches to his arsenal.    This is his first full year as a starter and he's been our best guy in AAA.   Not only does he have a bugs bunny change up, but his sinker, slider and cutter all produce grounders.   So, what he's become is an extreme ground ball pitcher with K's and an out pitch.  Not bad.   Maybe he can give us some starts while everyone is DL'd.