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Why Do the Yankees Struggle to Develop Young Pitchers?

do Lefty Gomez and Whitey Ford have in common besides being left-handed pitchers?

They are the only pitchers originally signed by the Yankees who are in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

As difficult as it might be to believe given that the franchise has 27 World Series titles, more than double the 11 won by the second-place St. Louis Cardinals, the Yankees have had mixed success with developing their own pitchers.

Maybe that's to be expected when they are known as Murderer's Row and the Bronx Bombers.

The Yankees have had some top flight pitchers come through the organization over the years such as Ron Guidry, Mel Stottlemeyer, Andy Pettitte and future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera. But many of their most noteworthy contributors ...

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