Yankees Will Warren continuing strong spring with another solid outing

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— Somewhat quietly, Will Warren is nearing the end of a strong spring.If he can carry over that success into the regular season, it probably will not stay as quiet.In his penultimate start of the Grapefruit League schedule, Warren looked sharp again, giving up one run over four-plus innings while striking out four to lower his ERA to 1.77 through five starts.“Will’s kind of the non-talked-about guy, I feel like, in our rotation,” manager Aaron Boone said before the 3-2 win over the Rays at Charlotte Sports Park.“He looks great.

Obviously he threw the ball well for us last year, but it feels like another notch to me.”Each of the last two springs, at this point on the calendar, Warren still did not know whether he was going to be starting the season in the big league rotation.And while his spot this year is secured at least to start the season, coming off a 33-start year in 2025, Warren has kept the same approach like he is fighting for a job while making adjustments to get better.That has included moving to the third-base side of the rubber, which has given him better angles to attack both righties and lefties, and starting to use the PitchCom on his belt to call some pitches.“Sometimes I want to make sure that I get a pitch thrown in that count without hesitation, especially with the [pitch] clock, so I’ll call it,” said Warren, who plans to use it in the regular season as well.

“Sometimes I send in two [pitch calls], J.C.[Escarra] gives me one back and sometimes I just let him do his thing because I trust him back there.”The end goal is to have confidence and conviction in what he is throwing, which Warren indicated is the biggest difference for him now versus the end of last season.“Just going up there and throwing my stuff over the plate,” he said.

“This whole spring, [th...