Final Yankees Thoughts

Now that its been a few hours and I've cooled down a bit... I want to make a few points before I pass out:

1. Anyone who says the 0-8 against the Red Sox doesn't matter is full of shit. The road to the championship in the AL runs through Boston this year, and if the Yankees can't beat the Red Sox, then all is lost. I could care less how many runs we can beat the Nationals by, and how many HR's ARod hits against the Orioles, or how many hits Robinson Cano can compile against the Toronto Blue Jays. If you can't beat Boston - nothing else matters. Thankfully, the Yankees still have 11 more meetings against the Sox. Hopefully by the time they meet again the Yankees will look significantly different, or I don't see things getting much better.

2. I think Girardi is doing the right thing giving Wang one more chance. Why? Because Phil Hughes is not ready. I keep hearing about how good he's throwing the ball, and whenever I look up he has a ERA hovering around 6.00. Plus, I watch every game, and he hasn't changed all that much since last year in terms of his stuff and mechanics. He's got a long ways to go. Now, having said that, if Wang gets lit up on Wednesday - I think Cashman needs to go out and find a SP. A damn good one, too. With Joba likely reaching his innings limit in late August, he's going to be sent to the pen, so assuming Wang continues to falter, our rotation will look like this going into September: Sabathia, Burnett, Pettitte, Hughes (?), Aceves (??). Um, yeah. Go make a deal for Cliff Lee. Give up Jackson or Montero and McCallister, or whatever it takes. Add a Cliff Lee, or a Roy Oswalt, or a Jake Peavy to this team and it's all over.

3. Putting things into perspective for a second - it's June, we're 2 games out, and just starting interleague play (where we have the best record of any team in baseball). We need to rebound from the disgraceful performance in Fenway and take 2 out of 3 from the Mets this weekend. We'll worry about Wang and the rotation next week, let's just get back to playing some half decent baseball, and maybe, just MAYBE, some of the sting from the Red Sox series will diminish.