More Proof of my Theory
For the past few days, I’ve been talking about how hard it is to win when your starting pitcher puts you in a hole and how you usually win when he is solid. Last night, Hiroki Kuroda surrendered 4 runs after 14 pitches. The Yankees were down 4 and never caught up. They had their chances, especially after scoring three and having the bases loaded with one out in the first. That threat ended when Eric Chavez hit a rocket to second base for an inning ending double play. The Yankees never led in the game after that. Five runs is usually enough to win, but not when your starter gives up six in five innings. This Yankee rotation has not looked good with the exception of Nova and once again they fall to .500 at 6-6. Not too bad and hopefully they will get the pitching straightened out.
On another note, now that Brett Gardner is going to the 15 day DL, how is that decision not to keep Justin Maxwell looking? I thought they should have kept him instead of keeping the extra lefty Rapada. Now they need Maxwell and they don’t have him. He has the look of a good player and is only 28. Oh, by the way, in his first AB for Houston he hit a pinch hit, walk off homer. Neither Andruw Jones or Raul Ibanez is equipped to play left field every day and even splitting time leaves them open to injury and leaves the team with poor defense in left. On top of that, instead of calling up an outfielder to take Gardner’s place, the Yankees called up right handed reliever Cody Epply, who was cut by Texas a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes the moves this team makes baffle me. Dewayne Wise is killing the ball at AAA and has experience as an every day ML outfielder. Seems like a good fit, so of course they didn’t do it.
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