Why Michael King Deserves An Opportunity To Start In New York's Starting Rotation In 2024 Season
In 2023 season New York the team that wears the pinstripes, manager Aaron Boone moved Michael King from a reliever to an opener role in August 2023.
On August 3rd, 2023 verses Houston in Bronx New York Michael King pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs, 0 walks while striking out 2 Houston batters . On August 5, 2023 verses Houston in Bronx New York Michael King pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Houston batters in Bronx New York. On August 8, 2023 at Chicago (White Sox) Michael King pitched 2.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs, , 0 walks while striking out 5 Chicago (White Sox ) batters in Chicago Illinois. On August 12, 2023 at Miami Michael King pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 2 earned runs , 1 home run while striking three Miami batters. Following laboring at Miami Michael King rebounded at Atlanta on August 16, 2023 pitching 3.2 innings surrendering 1 hit 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs, 1 walk while striking out 3 Atlanta batters . On August 20, 2023 verses Boston in Bronx New York Michael King 1.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 3 earned runs , 1 home run, 2 walks while striking out 3 Boston batters . On August 24, 2023 verses Washington Michael King pitched 2.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 run , 0 earned runs, 0 home runs, walked 2 batters. On August 29, 2023 at Detroit Michael King pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs , 0 walks while striking out 5 Detroit batters. On September 3, 2023 at Houston Michael King pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run while striking 4 Houston batters. On September 9, 2023 verses Milwaukee in Bronx New York Michael King pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 Milwaukee batters. On September 20, 2023 verses Toronto in Bronx New York Michael King pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 1 earned run 0 walks while striking out 13 Toronto batters. On September 26, 2023 at Toronto Michael King pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs, 5 walks while striking out 5 Toronto batters. On October 1, 2023 at Kansas City Michael King pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 earned runs , 3 home runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Kansas City batter.
According to mlb.com
Though, Michael King labored here and there he showed that he can be dominate when starting on the mound for New York the team that wears the pinstripes especially verses Toronto. Though, if he works hard during off season during 2024 Spring Training I believe he can be dominate against other teams too and earn a spot in New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting rotation in 2024!
Recently,
On episode 14 of New York Yankees Official Podcast Michael King discussed his role in 2023 the possibility of him joining New York’s starting rotation in 2024 that could look like this Gerrit Cole, Carols Rodon, Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes.