Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Roller Coaster Season Continues

Its been a while since my last post and a lot has happened. The Yankees got A-Rod back from the DL and Joba has gone to the starting rotation. Phil Hughes is out until July and Kennedy recently hit the DL as well. Reports are Posada could be back as early as tonight. I hope that's true. The Yankees can't get anything going. After a few good wins they have fallen right back to losing. Surprisingly Mussina has the most wins on the staff. If you would have told me that before the season I would have laughed at you. After a 6 & 0 start from Wang he hasn't won a game since. He has lost a couple and hasn't pitched as well as we need him too. Andy has also had an up and down season. 2 good starts, 2 bad, 1 good, 1 bad....it's just been that type of year thus far. Jeter got real slumpy over the last 15 games or so but the last 3 he has shown some life. Abreu has cooled off since a great start but still has his average near the .300 mark. Matsui has done nothing but rake this season. He has been the most consistent player all year long. Damon has been hitting the shit out of the ball as well. Giambi had a great May after just an awful April. The catching position misses Posada badly. He can't be replaced. Melky has had an up and down season as well. Basically if you look around the team that is what you will see. Then look at the record and that is what you get. The players play well at times, they play like shit at times and that's pretty much how you get to be a .500 ball club. The guy that is driving me crazy is Robinson Cano. After a great spring this guy hasn't done jack shit. He doesn't walk and right now he sure as hell doesn't hit. I know in the past he has started very similar to this but come on now. The team needs him to turn it around. The bench has done nothing all season. Betmit, Duncan, Ensberg (just designated), Gonzalez are certainly not helping the cause when called upon. As for Joba, he started his first game last night last a big 2.1 innings and was gone. The whole thing was a sham. Why start the kid his first start ever at Yankee stadium? The Yankees could of gave Pettitte an extra day and started him on the road. Instead he goes up against the Blue Jays at home in front of a berserk crowd and the other guy pitching is Halladay. Not to mention we limited his pitch count to 65.... It was a recipe for disaster from the very start. The Yankees have a need in the starting rotation with the injuries to Kennedy and Hughes so I don't have any problem at all in giving Joba a shot. I hope it works out but what it does is leave a huge hole in the bullpen. With Joba in the bullpen the game could easily be a 6 inning game with Joba & Mo taking care of the last 9 outs. Now forget about it. Its a nail biter till Mo enters the game. Farnsworth is back to worthless, Hawkins is a piece of shit nigger. Who will never get an important out for us ever. We have no lefty out of the pen which amazes the shit out of me when our payroll is over 200 mill. All in all lots of games left and lots of things to correct. Hopefully Joba will be the ace of the staff in a month from now. Hopefully Cano will get his head out from his ass. Hopefully A-Rod starts hitting homers. Right now I'm hopefully.

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