Will Warren can recite mistakes. He remembers the fastball he hit in the middle of the plate against the Angels' Zach Neto on a 3-2 game on Aug. 7, and he watched the video closely.
“He taught me a lesson. I'll never make a mistake like that again,” Warren said this week. “After the match, Gerrit [Cole] “Let's throw our best pitches here, because at the end of the day, if you walk a ball, you score one point. A fastball up the middle scores four points.”
In his second major league start, the promising prospect allowed eight runs, half of which neto grand slamin 4 1/3 innings, which he learned the hard way. This is one of many lessons Warren has learned during his tough first taste of major league life, as he has spent the offseason — and already the postseason — studying his mistakes. It was two.
The Yankees will need the right-hander to absorb that knowledge, adjust and improve. That's because he could be the first option when the first inevitable rotational injury occurs.
