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Originally Posted by oracle80
Tell you what. The Yanks are performing quite admirably for a team missing their star 2nd baseman(who will return after the all star break sometime) and Matsui and Sheff. Matsui is gone for teh year but supposedly Sheff is healing quite nicely and will return for the September push. Yankees get cano back, then Sheff is September and the game is on. Not to mention the fact that they have a third baseman down in Columbus that the whole world wants and who the Yankees know will never see daylight because Arod and his contract are stuck there. They couldnt trade him ever if they wanted to.
A lot of teams are already out of contention this year and quite a few guys are available. I was very down on the Yanks chances about a month ago after the injuries but the way they have played lately is amazing seeing how they are missing those three guys. I don't think they are the team of the 4 you mentioned who are going home this year. I think someone in the Central goes home. Yanks are 3 behind the Red Sox, 5 behind the Chisox, and 8 behind the Tigers. You get back Cano and then Sheff and make a trade or two, and they easily run down one of them, maybe two.
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Agreed- the yanks are playing extremely admirably considering the losses that they have incurred. One positive offshoot to the injuries is that a kid like Melky Cabrerra can come in and show that he is a viable major league player.
Offensively, the yankees will be fine even with the losses of sheff and matsui simply because they are just too loaded everywhere else.
The problem that the yanks face is pitching and it looks to be a dire situation from where i sit. Did you see how many innings Mussina pitched in the first half of the year? And what do they have beyond that? Wang is good but do you really trust him starting game two or even three of a playoff serious? Johnson has good outings spread out sporadically but can you depend on him? Jarrett Wright??? Chacon is ready for the glue factory yet again. Will the guy they got from the Marlins for 9 million per ever show up?
Im a Yankee fan and have been for my entire life. I earned my stripes during the late eighties when the best thing we had pitching was Righetti and maybe Steve Trout. This Yankee team is good but far from a contender for the whole enchilada. Pitching will ultimately be their undoing.
I have a question for other yank fans. When does Cashman start getting the blame for some of these moves? The teams that won in the lates 90's were created by Stick Michael. Cashman was just the caretaker for the end of the run. What does Cashman do "well" besides add payroll?