Will

Warren

Warren badly needed a start like this after coming into the day with a 7.50 July ERA and a 1.67 WHIP. Warren still allowed nine hard-hit balls, but decreased his fastball usage and seemed to get a little extra variability out of that, with a 45 percent whiff rate on his changeup. Assuming he maintains his starting job after the deadline, Warren is scheduled to face the Cardinals next week.

Warren, who had pitched just two-thirds of an inning over the last two weeks, turned in his worst start of the year in giving up a triple and a sac fly in the first, a solo homer in the second and then four runs in the third. The big blow was a three-run double to left from Alec Bohm that might have been caught by a healthy Cody Bellinger. That followed an intentional walk (after a 2-0 count) to Brandon Marsh. Warren struck out five, but he fell to 7-5 with a 4.41 ERA. He’s already in line to get bumped from the rotation when Carlos Rodón returns, but now one wonders if he might be expelled earlier. For now, he’s set to face the Cubs next weekend.

He’ll follow Cam Schlittler and Ryan Weathers in the rotation this weekend. Warren was slated to start Tuesday against the Pirates before the game was rained out. He was excluded from the Yankees’ starting plans Wednesday after it was decided to activate Max Fried from the injured list.

Warren would have started Tuesday’s game before it was rained out. Tonight, he was the closer instead, after David Bednar and Fernando Cruz pitched in game one, but he was replaced by the lefty Hill with two on and Ryan O’Hearn up. O’Hearn went on to ground out. Warren still figures to get a start this weekend against the Phillies. He might permanently lose his rotation spot later if Carlos Rodón comes back and everyone else remains healthy.

This will give Dennis Santana a little more time to cool off. Both teams have Thursday off, but they’ll play two tomorrow, with the makeup game starting at 7:05 p.m. EDT and the originally scheduled game being moved up from 1:35 to 1:05. Bubba Chandler and Will Warren had been scheduled to start tonight’s game. They should join Wednesday’s scheduled starters Mitch Keller and Gerrit Cole in pitching tomorrow, but the order might be changed up.

Warren gave up a leadoff homer to James Wood, and then didn’t give up another run for the rest of the contest. The 27-year-old was far from dominant with just two strikeouts against two walks, but it’s a vast improvement from his six runs over four frames in his previous outing. Warren will be back on the bump in around a week after the All-Star break, and he enters the break with an ERA of 4.03.

Warren gave up seven hits, including three home runs to wind up being saddled with a loss at Tropicana Field. He coughed up a solo shot to Victor Mesa Jr. before surrendering back-to-back blasts to Hunter Feduccia and Yandy Díaz in the fourth. He struck out three and also issued three walks. It goes down as his third clunker in his last four starts since June 20. He’ll try to end on a high note when he gets the ball for Sunday’s first-half finale against the Nationals.

Warren struck out seven and didn’t walk anyone, helping him keep his WHIP under 1 on the day. He was in line for the loss before the Yankees rallied to tie the game at 2 in the ninth, but they went on to lose in 11, dropping their seventh in a row. Warren’s ERA and K-BB% each trended in the wrong direction from April to May to June, but he began July with a promising outing that manager Aaron Boone capped at 79 pitches. He’ll next line up for a pivotal divisional matchup versus the Rays.

This was a rough day at the park for Warren. The Red Sox jumped on him quickly for four runs over the first three innings and it easily could have been more given the quality of contact they were making. When it was all said and done, Warren allowed 10 hard-hit balls and half of those turned into outs. Also, the Red Sox hit four balls at least 400 feet, but only one was a home run due to Fenway Park’s wonky dimensions. Nevertheless, this was the first time all season where Warren failed to strike a batter out and he rarely even got into two-strike counts as the Red Sox swung early and often. It’s worth noting that he has a 4.44 ERA since the beginning of May after an excellent start to the season. He’s scheduled to face the Tigers at home next time out.

Warren racked up eight strikeouts on the afternoon while allowing two free passes. He allowed a two-run double to Sal Stewart in the third inning and that was the extent of the damage done against him until the Reds erupted for four unearned runs in the fifth following an error by Ben Rice at first base. Warren got nine swings and misses on 90 pitches on the day, registering a solid CSW of 30 percent. Now 7-2 on the season, he’ll bring a 3.45 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and an 84/26 K/BB ratio (78 1/3 innings) into Thursday’s battle against the Red Sox in Boston.