Fresh off their sweep of the usually troublesome Blue Jays, the Yanks begin a four game set against one of their favorite opponents, Buck Showalter’s  Baltimore Orioles. On the bump for the Orioles is Brian Matusz, who sports a 9.07 ERA on the season and has actually been worse (9.56 ERA) in 3 starts since [...]

I wish I could tell you that a dominating performance by Sir Philip of Hughes would cement his place in the rotation and banish AJ Burnett to the bullpen. But if you listened to Brian Cashman yesterday, it sure sounds like AJ is the lead horse in this race. I know that Brian [...]

CC Sabathia vs John Lackey. I’ll take that match up every day and twice on Saturday. Unfortunately, on this particular Saturday they’re only playing one game. Sabathia has been utterly brilliant this year and Lackey has been mediocre at best. What’s that you say? Sabathia is 0-3 with a 6.16 ERA in three starts [...]

If you had any doubt the Yanks need to acquire a starter, Phil Hughes should have answered them for you last night. Staked to a 14-2 lead, he was unable to last the required 5 innings to pick up the win. We can’t have much confidence in Hughes, we don’t know if Colon’s stem cell [...]

After rolling into the All Star Break riding the glory of DJ3K, the Yanks have certainly stubbed their collective toes coming off the 3 days rest. They’ve had two horrendous outings by their starters, and if you feel like the Yanks haven’t been playing good baseball for a while, you’re correct. For the month [...]