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All of the runs came in the third, which featured a walk, a double, two singles and then a Brayan Rocchio throwing error. Warren got pulled with a 4-3 lead in the fifth after a HBP, a strikeout and then an odd catcher’s interference on a one-two pitch to José Ramírez. The curve from Warren came close to Ramírez’s back foot and catcher J.C. Escarra gloved both ball and shoe while making the catch. It was ruled catcher’s interference on replay, though Ramírez wasn’t swinging and wasn’t affected by it at all. Warren was lifted immediately afterwards, and Brent Headrick finished the inning without incident. Warren ended up with five strikeouts, and he allowed two earned runs or fewer for the 11th time in 13 starts this season. He’ll take a 3.28 ERA into his next start, which will probably come Sunday against the Blue Jays.

But not before the Yankees got people in the gates and sold some food. Ranger Suárez and Will Warren were scheduled to start tonight’s game. Suarez will go tomorrow, with Connelly Early following on Monday, but the Yankees have decided to push Warren back to Monday against Cleveland and keep Cam Schlittler in line to face the Red Sox on four days’ rest.

Warren walked three and gave up a sac fly in the second and later allowed a solo shot from Salvador Perez in the sixth. It wasn’t one of his best performances, but those walks in the second were his only ones of the day, at least. He struck out three. Warren will have a more difficult assignment Sunday against the A’s in Sacramento, and mixed leaguers in daily leagues might have some better options.

In spite of his 6-1 record and 3.61 ERA, Warren might have spent some time in the Yankees pen with Gerrit Cole back if Max Fried hadn’t gotten hurt last week. Fortunately, his spot is secure again now. He’s currently 10th among qualified starters with his 4.77 K:BB. He’ll make his next start Sunday against the Rays,

The Yankees are shuffling the rotation after Max Fried (elbow) was placed on the injured list. Elmer Rodriguez was previously announced to start Sunday’s contest, and Ryan Weathers — who originally was slated to pitch in the game — now will start Tuesday’s game against Toronto. Warren has been solid in 2026 with a 5-1 record and 3.42 ERA.

This is an unfortunate way for the Yankees to solve their rotation crunch, but assuming that Fried is going to spend some on the IL, it allows them to stick with a five-man group and still keep Will Warren and Ryan Weathers after Gerrit Cole is activated. Fried’s last big elbow scare came in 2023, when he missed about half of the season with a forearm strain. He also had a brief absence in 2024 with neuritis in the area.

Warren gave up four hits, walked one and struck out six. He improved to 5-1 with the win. Warren bounced back after he was hit hard for six runs against the Rangers last week. The 26-year-old right-hander now has a 3.42 ERA on the season. With the Yankees off on Thursday, Warren is lined up to pitch against the Blue Jays on Monday, giving him a two-start week next week.

Sadly, a lot of the good will that Warren had earned thus far this season came undone in this one. Warren’s Achilles heel had always been left-handed batters. So far this season, he’s kept them at bay in a bit of an unsustainable way by leaning more into his sweeper and sinker, two pitches that don’t often perform well for right-handed pitchers against lefty bats. He gave up two home runs to lefties here, and one came on a sweeper that he just couldn’t bury on their back foot. This was a solid reminder that he can be a very good pitcher, just probably not an ace like he seemed. He has a two-start week coming up against the Orioles and Mets, both on the road.

Warren’s excellent start to the season continued with a gem here against the Orioles. His sweeper was lethal as always, forcing six of his 12 total swings-and-misses, but it was especially impressive how he was able to steal strikes with it early in the count against left-handed batters. He threw four sweepers as the first pitch to a lefty, and all four landed for called strikes. They’ve always been a problem spot for him, so just getting ahead of them is a big deal. Plus he had a nice feel for his changeup in this one too, a very important pitch for him to get lefties. Overall, he has a sterling 2.39 ERA on the season with a 46:8 strikeout to walk ratio over 37 2/3 innings. He’s scheduled to face the Rangers next time out.

Instead, the Yankees will call up starting pitching prospect Elmer Rodríguez to make his MLB debut on Wednesday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone has confirmed that Warren is not dealing with any injury but that the team is just realigning its rotation. That realignment has not yet been announced, but the Yankees could just push Warren and Ryan Weathers back one day each, which would allow them to start against Baltimore along with Max Fried and Cam Schlittler.