A.J. needs to get his act together. He is being paid to be a number 2 guy, not a number 5 guy. A.J. as the Yankees number 5 guy is still pretty good though, I must say. But 5 runs over 6 innings is unacceptable for the money he's making. But let's not just blame Burnett for this one. With a loss there's a win, and the Phillies really played well, and Myers dominated the Yanks. So, with this the question becomes, does good starting pitching just shut down the Yankees completely? Before Myers, the last loss was to Halladay. The Yankees have been pretty dominant in the W column, but let's not forget they had three walk off wins, and almost all of the 9 games were come from behind victories of some sort. They seem to explode with offense from the 7th inning on, usually when a starter is pulled. Are the Yankees the real deal? Or did they just run into some match-ups they could handle?
It was good to see Wang back, even if he did give up those two huge dingers. When..or, "if" might be more appropriate at this point...he gets back to being himself, can really help the team. A reinvention might be in order if he can't get his sinker working.
Also, apparently Brian Bruney wasn't called in to pitch last night because he was complaining of elbow pain. But I still don't trust Veras in a close situation.
But, once again I must call Girardi out on yet another issue. Joe has a nasty habit of taking people who are heating up out of the lineup, and lately its been bothering me that Kevin Cash and Francisco Cervelli are splitting time. It may be early, but for the love of obviously better than Kevin Cash, why is Kevin Cash anything but a backup catcher? Cervelli has proved he has what it takes defensively, and for some reason offensively, whereas Kevin Cash aspires to have the ability of a catcher who doesn't MAKE ME WANT TO CRY. Leave Cash out, and put the future starting catcher in. Hopefully Cervelli keeps on keeping on, and we can trade Jose Molina, who I love don't get me wrong, but just becomes a hole in the Yankee offense.
So, luckily for the Yankees, the Blue Jays and the Red Sox lost tonight as well, so no ground lost. Then again, no ground gained either.
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