Yankees' superb starting pitching accomplishes feat not seen in 131 years

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The New York Yankees boast baseball's best record, and of course, the insane duo of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto have played a large role.

But no one could have predicted what was coming out of their rotation, and that's without reigning Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole.

Yankees starters own the second-lowest ERA in all of baseball at 2.73 – two-thousandths of a run more than the Philadelphia Phillies'.

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The New York logo is displayed on a hat during the Braves game on Aug. 14, 2023, at Truist Park in Atlanta. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

But the stretch their rotation has been on over the last two-and-a-half weeks is, quite literally, unprecedented.

After Nestor Cortes tossed five innings of two-run ball on Tuesday night (both runs came on a first-inning homer by Kevin Pillar), it was the 15th-consecutive outing in which a starting pitcher in pinstripes allowed two or fewer runs in five or more innings.

It now ranks as the longest such streak since the mound was moved to its current distance – 60'6" – way back in 1893.

The Yankees' rotation was perhaps their biggest question mark in spring training, especially after Cole went down with an elbow injury – Carlos Rodon was a bust in his first year of a $162 million contract in 2023, Cortes had fallen off, rookie Luis Gil had slid into the No. 5 start, free-agent signing Marcus Stroman had been inconsistent, and Clarke Schmidt pitched to a 4.64 ERA last year. Nothing helped when Cortes allowed three runs in the first inning on Opening Day.

Nestor Cortes of the New York Yankees throws against Los Angeles at Angel