The twist and turns of an unscripted baseball season go where they are going to go.

So what would have seemed implausible, say, two months ago — the Yankees’ loss of Ryan Yarbrough from the rotation being a big hit and Will Warren as a stabilizing force and the team craving an innings pile up from Marcus Stroman — is, in fact, where they are.

Nearly halfway through a schedule in which the Yankees know they are never going to have the rotation they wanted due mainly to Gerrit Cole’s season-long absence, starting pitching has nevertheless been a strength. Because pretty much wherever the Yanks have turned in crisis, they have received, at minimum, competence.

More of the same will now be demanded.