Zack Britton needs a bone chip removed from his elbow and will likely miss the first few months of the 2020 season.

Britton with a deep bullpen, the Yankees could afford to bring Corey Kluber and Jameson Taillon along slowly as they recover from their injuries. With Britton, Chad Green, and Aroldis Chapman, it would be easy for the team to use a four inning bullpen when those starters pitched. That’s a little tougher now.