The Yankees have little room for improvement left on their offense heading into the 2019 season, but outside of Luis Severino and Masahiro Tanaka, their starting pitching looks barren. Corbin, on the heels of a breakout season for the Diamondbacks, is hitting free agency this offseason as one of the brightest, youngest starters on the market. Rumors linking Corbin to the Yankees have swirled this summer and it seems like a great fit: The Yankees need starting pitching, and Corbin has it in spades. But should that be the end of the story?



Let’s examine Corbin objectively. When healthy, Corbin has been a good starter – he had an All-Star season in 2013, throwing 200+ innings with a 3.41 ERA, before taking a year off to recover from Tommy John surgery. Corbin more or less returned to that form in 2017, but in 2018 he was a completely different beast – Corbin saw a major strikeout spike while his home runs and walks fell.



Corbin’s jump in K/9...