CLEVELAND — A Friday washout has opened the door for Cody Poteet to make his Yankees debut on Saturday.
The Yankees will call up Poteet from Triple-A to start the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against
the Guardians at Progressive Field after Friday’s scheduled series opener was postponed by inclement weather.
Clarke Schmidt, who was set to pitch on Friday, will now start Game 1 on Saturday, which begins at 12:10 p.m. with the nightcap set for 6:10 p.m.
Luis Gil originally had been scheduled to start on Saturday but the Yankees will push him back, since they were going to need a spot starter at some point with six games in five days.
After flashing his potential in big league spring training — though he ended with a clunker against the Tigers — Poteet was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he had posted a 2.16 ERA in two starts, striking out 12 across 8 ¹/₃ innings.
He threw 70 pitches in his last start on Sunday meaning he should be able to give the Yankees somewhere around 80 pitches on Saturday.