The Yankees have excelled at developing starters, just not very good ones.

Twelve pitchers who signed their first pro contracts with the Yankees made at least 10 starts in the majors in 2023 — tied with the Mariners for the most.

However, there were 46 pitchers in the majors last season who made at least 11 starts and had an ERA of 5.00 or more while being used as a starter. Eight were originally signed by the Yankees: Luis Severino (6.39), Jhony Brito (6.32), Roansy Contreras (6.13), James Kaprielian (6.86), Hayden Wesneski (5.51), Luis Medina (5.47), Ken Waldichuk (5.33) and Garrett Whitlock (5.23) — plus, Nestor Cortes was at 4.97.

Here is something you might note about that list: Brito was used last week to help the Yankees acquire Juan Soto, and Contreras was central to the acquisition of Jameson Taillon, as Kaprielian was to landing Sonny Gray, Wesneski was for Scott Effross and Medina and Waldichuk were for Frankie Montas.