Lopsided Split

This is the the 2008 Yankees season in a nut shell:

Game 1 Mets 15 Yankees 6
Game 2 Yankees 9 Mets 0

The team will play really bad or really good. It looks like there is not too much in the middle for this team as they still can't get a really good streak together.

In the night cap there was on postitive: Sidney Ponson did look good
for six innings and even if Ponson can give the Yanks 5 or 6 good innings every time out
that will be a big positive for the team. But that was only his first outing and who knows
its been that type of year.

We need another Shawn Chacon

Remember a few years back when the Yankees pitching went down kind like it is doing this year, Braian Cashman reached out to the Rockies and got a journeyman pitcher named Shawn Chacon who helped the team down the stretch to get the Bombers in the postseason? He even won a playoff game against the Angels.

This year the Yanks need another another guy like this. After getting beat by Cincy 4 to 2 and stopping their streak at 7 the team looks to Dan Giese to make the start for Wang and have signed Sidney Ponston to a Triple A contract.

The problem is the Yankees, like all other teams, need starting pitching...but do you want to mortgage the future to get a starter who will only be here for a few months? The big names wont be available till after the All Star game so Brain Cashman has his work cut out for him.

A good weekend gone bad

Just when the Yanks were ready to take 3 in a row from Houston, a managers worst nightmare happened: Yankee ace Chien-Ming Wang injured his foot running the bases in the Yankees 13 to 0 win.

Wang, who was back on a roll winning his last two and 5-0 on the road, has a partially torn tendon. He sprained his right foot and will be on crutches for 6 weeks. And even with some luck he won't be able to pitch until mid September. This same injury hit Brain Bruney early in the season and he is not close to being back.

So when you feel your team is going to go on a run this happens. They have won 4 in a row but Brain Cashman will have to look into the trade market. You have to feel most teams will hold the Yanks up for ransom because off their situation. Coming up in the next few days we will take a look at who is out there and if it is worth mortgaging the future.

What goes up must come down

After the biggest and most exciting win of the year Thursday afternoon off the bat of Jason Giambi the 2008 Yankees showed you what they are all about. After getting a great performance by Darrell Rasner who pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball only to get loss. Just when you feel this time is going to take off...it just sinks again you can't blame the pitching on this one.

Kansas City has lost 11 straight on the road and a record of 24 and 37 but looked more like the 1977 Royals. As I said before it is tough to figure. Is it Cano? A Rod? Posada? Jeter? Who knows... but right now it don't look like there is too much there. The only front office news we are hearing about is giving a new contract to GM Brian Cashman. Maybe with getting 4 million through the gates and making a lot of money they have put winning right away as not a top priority.

Maybe its time for a deal

After watching Joba Chamberlin, one of baseballs best set up men start and not make it out of the second inning maybe its time to turn somewhere else.

The team has been around the .500 mark for about two weeks and looks like they are going nowhere. One of the many problems has been the bullpen getting to Mariano. Joba was perfect in that role now he's gone and what the team has in house with the likes of Farnsworth, Hawkins and Ohendorf and others do not answer that call.

In other years the team has always jumped to make a trade and right now I feel they don't have a choice. My target is Brian Fuentes, the Colorado left hander who is having a good year with a 2.55 ERA and converting 8 out of 11 saves. I know he would not come cheap but look at it this way. They still are in the race for the wild card. Everything that they have in house won't get the job done. He is a left hander and maybe you jump at this guy before Boston or another team does.

Back in 2000 way before the trade deadline the Yanks got Dave Justice from Cleveland and that sparked the team to the title. Getting him or another bullpen arm would be the right thing to do right now.

Joba all set for Tuesday blast off at the Stadium

A new era in Yankee history takes place at the big ball park on Tuesday night as Joba Chamberlain will make his first major league start against the Blue Jays.

If Toronto rotation goes the normal this weekend Jobas first start could be against Blue Jay ace and Yankee killer Doc Holiday. Most Yankee and even baseball fans believe Joba should stay in the bullpen but the Yanks drafted him as a starter and that's what he will be. Look for 65 to 70 pitches on Tuesday and see where it goes.

As a Yankee fan I want to hope for the best here but I still feel the best thing for the big guy is to set up Mariano and be the future closer. What ever happens it will be interesting.