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Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 7, 2006
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The Yankees pitching has had its ups and down this year, but with Wang and Mussina coming out start after start throwing great stuff for Wang, and good stuff from Mussina, our pitching has seemed to prove its self. Even our notorious bullpen has done good, with exception of some. But, Farnsworth has done good this year, and hopefully he'll continue. Joba... yeah he's messed up some, few, but I've had high expectations of him since AAA. And Rivera of course has remained dominant. The end of the rotation as we all know is somewhat weak, but our first 3 has seemed to always be there. Andy has his good starts, and it never seems he'll be the pitcher to only go less than 4-5 innings. I cant wait to see what Igawa does tonight, or what Rasner does in his second start this year. At least we dont have 15 different starters in the first three months like we did last year.
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Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Aug 20, 2007
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mike : As Yankee fans are aware, pitching has been our achilles heel the last few years. I want to give the kids some time to grow and adjust. A few of our loses this year were because our offense hasn't been very good. Once the Yankees start scoring runs on a regular basis, and the pitching continues to get better, this team will win many more games. But this is a fragile balance. They need to be more consistent at all facets of the game. And for the future, get younger, not older and more expensive as years past. IMO..... Go Yankees !!
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Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Aug 10, 2007
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Igawa didn't pitch very well tonight,and the defence was less than steller behind him. In spite os this there were some encouraging signs, they were still in it until the final out. For once they didn't roll over and play dead as they mounted a ninth inning rally that fell one run short.
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Reputation:24
Level:Amateur
Since:Sep 24, 2006
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Yankees pitching is an absolute disaster with no help in site. A 500 record should be considered a victory for u guys this yr
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 26, 2008
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Well brokeback, being right around .500 is a victory so far to this point in the season. After getting 0 wins from our 4 and 5 pitchers in the first month, having a ridiculous schedule, and suffering very key injuries, I'd say .500 isn't that bad.
The only disaster so far to this point have been the #4 and #5 pitchers. If you compare the stats of your beloved Red Sox top three against the Yankees top three, you'll see that they're pretty similar. Yankees top 3: 14-7, 3.71 ERA, 33 BB, Red Sox top 3: 11-4, 3.45 ERA, 62 BB. I think that you'll see that the ridiculous number of walks that your pitchers give up will eventually catch up with them.
One more note... Last I checked Mariano River has been almost perfect, while your river dancing Jonathan Papelbon has blown consecutive saves.
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Reputation:91
Level:All-Star
Since:Jan 2, 2007
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Moose, Andy, Wang, Rasner=fine...
we need Kennedy back ASAP...I cant take Igawa ANYMORE! Why oh why did we not do that deal with San Diego last year to get him out of here.
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Reputation:90
Level:All-Star
Since:Apr 8, 2008
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I'd say our pitching is in big trouble yeah we're doing good this year but most of our good pitchers are old and are gonna retire soon... Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina. I'm also going to be realistic here and state something that might make me very unpopular...Joba chamberlain will never make a good starter, he's struggling at the reliever role as it is. So who does that leave us with. Chien ming wang will be our only seasoned vet and who will we look to for starting pitching...Phil hughes? Kei Igawa? we definitely need to develope our young pitchers but my prediction is that we're going to be using our rather large pocketbooks to buy us some already developed big name starters.
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 26, 2008
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"Joba Chamberlain will never make a good starter, he's struggling at the reliever role as it is."
The only reason this comment would make you unpopular, is that it's ridiculous. Struggling as a reliever... He's pitched 15 innings, only allowed 10 hits, and has struck out 17. His WHIP this year, in 14 outings, is under 1. Just because he has had 2 sub-par outings, does not mean that he's struggling. Jonathan Papelbon blew consecutive saves last week... is he struggling? No.
Joba Chamberlain was brought up as a starter, and he absolutely dominated the minors as a starter. So, you saying that he will never be a good starter is ridiculous, and has absolutely no factual evidence to prove it.
Your point about the older players is true. Andy Pettite and Mike Mussina are on their way out. But a foundation next year of Chien Ming Wang, who's been great, Phil Hughes, who'll be just fine, and Joba Chamberlain isn't a bad start. Mix in Ian Kennedy and a veteran free agent, and the Yankees will be right where they are every year... competing for a cnace to win a World Series.
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Reputation:92
Level:All-Star
Since:Aug 7, 2007
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More likely scenario: Mussina and Pettite come back down to earth and finish around .500 or less, but since the Yankees have no real prospects for starters, they will be invited back next year, only to perform the same. In the meantime, the golden boy (Rodriquez) starts getting frustrated over losing and begins bellyaching to be traded.
Santana was a big part of the Yankees answer. They were morons to let him get away.
it is rather satisfying to know they can watch him across town though. :)
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 26, 2008
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