The New York Yankees have started to show why they could compete for their second straight American League title, and their starting rotation has been a pivotal part of this effort. Starters Max Fried and Carlos Rodon j oined elite company on Sunday.

According to Katie Sharp of Talkin' Yanks, Fried and Rodon are the first pair of left-handed starters to have 16 or more wins for New York since Andy Pettitte and David Wells accomplished the feat in 1998.

Fried earned his 16th win with seven solid innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. While he surrendered three runs, the 31-year-old did enough to give the Yankees a chance to win a game they badly needed.

“He really buckled down,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told MLB.com. “To get us seven innings [when] we were a little

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