Here was something rare: legitimate, hard contact against Will Warren. Leody Taveras smoked a fastball that bore across the plate and sent it right back up the middle. By the end of his delivery, Warren was facing first base. By the time Taveras’ 101.5 mph grounded dart found its way to the mound, Warren was facing second. But blinded to the ball, he raised his left foot and knocked it down with the bottom of the cleat, then scrambled to record the final out of the top of the second. Warren is smothering batted balls, opposing lineups and perhaps questions about his status in a rotation that will evolve. Will Warren throws a pitch during the Yankees’ May 1 win against the Orioles. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post The young right-hander was brilliant again and strengthened his case that he belongs among the Yankees starting pitchers as his club sailed, 7-2, over the Orioles in front of 41,239 in The Bronx on Friday night.…