When the Yankees’ starting staff was decimated by injuries at the outset of the season, Clarke Schmidt got the chance to establish himself as a big-league starter. But the first couple months couldn’t have gone much worse for the right-hander. But Schmidt came by our podcast studio to chat with Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz about his remarkable turnaround, and the confidence that never wavered. Plus, editor-in-chief Alfred Santasiere III joins Jon for a discussion about Clay Holmes.

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