Will Warren becoming invaluable force during once implausible Yankees rotation scenario

The twist and turns of an unscripted baseball season go where they are going to go.

So what would have seemed implausible, say, two months ago — the Yankees’ loss of Ryan Yarbrough from the rotation being a big hit and Will Warren as a stabilizing force and the team craving an innings pile up from Marcus Stroman — is, in fact, where they are.

Nearly halfway through a schedule in which the Yankees know they are never going to have the rotation they wanted due mainly to Gerrit Cole’s season-long absence, starting pitching has nevertheless been a strength. Because pretty much wherever the Yanks have turned in crisis, they have received, at minimum, competence.

More of the same will now be demanded.