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Originally Posted by Tony M
I don't think we can count the Yankees out yet as they have got some formidable batting if they can get them out there (I was just turning in for the night when we were 6-0 down), and Wang aside the rotation looks good, though the bullpen again looks like being one of the thorns in Girardi's side.
Saturday aside, I think Burnett might end up being the best value of your FA's this winter. CC and Teix are slow starters but the AL East is not the best place for slow starters.
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You are correct here my friend. Marte is just awful in the pen, I'm not quite sure why the Yankees even bothered resigning him after last season. And with Bruney going down, who looked to be really shining in the setup role will hurt.
But I have to wonder, what is wrong with Joe Girardi? For example on Friday night, bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and one strike, he pulled Albaladejo who was breezing through batters and brought in Mo for the four out save. Mo is still a great closer, yes. But Mo is older and coming off surgery so why do something you publicly announced you would not be doing at this time with your closer. Your second guessing before anything happens, and it usually comes back to haunt you. Now, we will never know what happens if Mo just comes in, in the 9th, results could very well be the same. But are there really any good managers out there at managing the pen anymore? Or is it just the guys that went to the Joe Torre school of managing the bullpen that are awful?
Joe Girardi does not impress me at all as manager. I've questioned so many of his moves that come back and wind up hurting the Yankees, and in some instances costing them the game. You know after this weekend, the tight rope Girardi was walking on just got a little thinner...