We finally found the team
that even slow Joe can't screw up.
Torre's worst trait as a field tactician is the way he overuses his bullpen, ruining pitchers for later in the season. But with starting pitching this bad, really what choice does he have? It is early, of course, and things are bound to improve, but any rotation that can go through an entire turn without even one if its members completing the 5 innings necessary to secure a win is probably not very good. Rasner's performance today was really disheartening, because they spotted him a three run lead in the first, which should make a pitcher more effective. I'll say it again: we need to see Karstens, we need to see Hughes, we need to see Sanchez, we might even need to see Clippard, and we need to see Henn try starting again. And once we do, we will have a team, for better or worse, that slow Joe can screw up. And then we can begin to call for his head once more.
Note to Brian Cashman: if you're not fielding a team that makes you want to fire Torre, well you're not really trying.
Ironic sidebar: with this offense, the Yankees can be competitive in every single game without, given the present state of their rotation, remaining competitive in the divisional race. Accordingly, AROD will be able to complete the monster season he has started (60+ home runs seems possible) and will even be able to hit in "clutch" situations since the games themselves will grow increasingly meaningless. Everyone in the Press will continue to love AROD and most in the stands will begin to concur, and there will be no counter-argument to be found--except for one inconvenient truth: he will still be as ringless in Gotham as he was ringless in Seattle. That can only change if he produces in the playoffs, an unlikely event made more so by the Yankees' all too likely absence.
Torre's worst trait as a field tactician is the way he overuses his bullpen, ruining pitchers for later in the season. But with starting pitching this bad, really what choice does he have? It is early, of course, and things are bound to improve, but any rotation that can go through an entire turn without even one if its members completing the 5 innings necessary to secure a win is probably not very good. Rasner's performance today was really disheartening, because they spotted him a three run lead in the first, which should make a pitcher more effective. I'll say it again: we need to see Karstens, we need to see Hughes, we need to see Sanchez, we might even need to see Clippard, and we need to see Henn try starting again. And once we do, we will have a team, for better or worse, that slow Joe can screw up. And then we can begin to call for his head once more.
Note to Brian Cashman: if you're not fielding a team that makes you want to fire Torre, well you're not really trying.
Ironic sidebar: with this offense, the Yankees can be competitive in every single game without, given the present state of their rotation, remaining competitive in the divisional race. Accordingly, AROD will be able to complete the monster season he has started (60+ home runs seems possible) and will even be able to hit in "clutch" situations since the games themselves will grow increasingly meaningless. Everyone in the Press will continue to love AROD and most in the stands will begin to concur, and there will be no counter-argument to be found--except for one inconvenient truth: he will still be as ringless in Gotham as he was ringless in Seattle. That can only change if he produces in the playoffs, an unlikely event made more so by the Yankees' all too likely absence.
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