Reading some of these articles in the offseason talking about Paxton and damn I was excited as fuck to have him and Sevy at the top of the rotation.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-yankees-now-have-a-second-ace/

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/11/20/18104925/new-york-yankees-james-paxton-trade-seattle-mariners

https://www.pinstripealley.com/2019/3/19/18261446/yankees-2019-preview-pitchers-starting-rotation-luis-severino-injury-james-paxton-aces

If you look at his peripherals from '16-'18, you can definitely see why the Yankees wanted this dude. There's still plenty of time for Paxton to tighten this shit up but man I had huge expectations for the Big Maple. I said the same thing about Sonny last year so what do I know but Paxton is too talented to be struggling like this (post IL stint he has a 5.52 ERA and opponents OPS of .941).