Nathan Eovaldi is being shut down for 2 weeks with elbow inflammation. Still 4 weeks until playoffs, hope is he is back before that.
— Sweeny Murti (@YankeesWFAN) September 7, 2015
Well this kind of sours the mood after today's big win. Nate hadn't looked nearly as sharp in his last two outings as he had most of the summer and now you can probably see why. It doesn't sound like the most serious thing in the world and the Yankees seem to be hopeful that he'll be back after a couple of weeks but either way, it's not what you want.
The question is now, will this affect the decision by Cashman and Girardi to go with mostly a six-man rotation the rest of the way? If not that means a third of your games down the stretch here are going to be started by CC Sabathia and either Chris Capuano or Bryan Mitchell. That's not encouraging. Should they alter their plan and limit those six-man turns then this injury can probably be overcome. If not it might just be the difference between the Yankees winning the division and playing in a one game playoff at Yankee Stadium.
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