Dellin Betances, Adam Ottavino see unpredictable concern as Yankees try to get over title hump

Dellin Betances and Adam Ottavino, studio analysts for YES Network Yankees coverage, take a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.The Yankees studio team — which also features Michael Kay, Bob Lorenz, Jack Curry and Meredith Marakovits — makes its regular-season debut with Opening Day pregame and postgame shows Thursday, with the game broadcast on Netflix.

YES’ first game is Friday.Q: Is this the year the Yankees get over the hump?Betances: I totally believe that with the rotation being a strength, I think this is the year.Obviously you got Gerrit Cole coming back pretty soon, [Carlos] Rodón coming back as well.

The strength of the rotation is gonna allow the bullpen to be strong at the end of the season.They’re gonna have so many weapons with guys having to move from the starting rotation to the bullpen.

That’ll be a strength for them going into the postseason.There’s a sour taste in these guys’ mouth after they were eliminated last year.

I think that lights a fire in a lot of these guys, and I feel like they’ll finally break through.Ottavino: I have no way of predicting that, only time will tell.But I do think that this is a very good roster, I think they’ve done a good job.

I’m very confident this team will be playing October baseball, and they’ll give it their best shot at that point.Q: What are your thoughts on the rotation?Ottavino: I really like where the rotation’s at.… I really like the [Ryan] Weathers move, that was my favorite move of the offseason.

I think Luis Gil is poised for a bounce back … [Cam] Schlittler could be taking the next step.Will Warren learned a lot of lessons last year.

Obviously they have Max Fried as well.So it’s very deep and definitely an AL East-caliber starting rotation.Q: Carlos Lagrange?Ottavino: I think he’s a special talent, I think they should continue to develop him as a starter because he does have a full arsenal, he’s not a one-trick pony like most guys you see tha...