I really liked the Yankees for the WS about a month ago but I feel as if their pitching is really lacking at the moment.
I just want to run down their rotation at the moment...
CC, Burnett, Pettitte, Joba, Mitre.
You never know what you are going to get with Mitre. Best case scenario an average performance, worst case a total implosion. At least with Joba, you know you are either getting an excellent outing or an implosion. Burnett is a question mark too. As of a month ago he was right there with CC, he's in a funk right now - just all around bad - he has to get out of it before the postseason.
Pettitte, what can I say... he is a solid vet and you can pretty much expect a better than average performance from him each night.
The only real answer they have right now is CC. People forget that in a slightly different world, the Yankees would have an additional ace-quality pitcher in the lineup right now. I definitely think the missing piece is Chien-Ming Wang. He's the piece the Yankees needed this year. The Red Sox got their Asian back this week, the Yankees desperately needed to do the same but that obviously is not going to pan out this season.
I don't think the Yankees can hang with some the teams out there with 2 studs in the rotation like StL. The Yankees are playing with 1.5.
I just want to run down their rotation at the moment...
CC, Burnett, Pettitte, Joba, Mitre.
You never know what you are going to get with Mitre. Best case scenario an average performance, worst case a total implosion. At least with Joba, you know you are either getting an excellent outing or an implosion. Burnett is a question mark too. As of a month ago he was right there with CC, he's in a funk right now - just all around bad - he has to get out of it before the postseason.
Pettitte, what can I say... he is a solid vet and you can pretty much expect a better than average performance from him each night.
The only real answer they have right now is CC. People forget that in a slightly different world, the Yankees would have an additional ace-quality pitcher in the lineup right now. I definitely think the missing piece is Chien-Ming Wang. He's the piece the Yankees needed this year. The Red Sox got their Asian back this week, the Yankees desperately needed to do the same but that obviously is not going to pan out this season.
I don't think the Yankees can hang with some the teams out there with 2 studs in the rotation like StL. The Yankees are playing with 1.5.
