Yankee Pitching

Fortunately I'm going to today's game with Rasner starting and not Matt DeSalvo's tomorrow. DeSalvo isn't anything like my other debuts, as if he doesn't pitch well he's not a "bust" as he's not much of a prospect.

DeSalvo will be the 6th rookie to start a game for the Yankees this season. That's insane. Some teams have used six starters, and the Yankees, with the biggest payroll in sports have used 6 rookies.

However, I'm not that worried. Now that Musssina and Wang seem healthy, that's going to make a gigantic difference to the rotation.

The Yankees have scored the most runs in baseball, and that's without Abreu, Damon, Cano, or Matsui doing much offensively (or the first baseman but that was expected).

This team is going to score runs, and it's still possible that the rotation after the all-star break may be:

Wang, Mussina, Pettitte, Clemens, and Hughes, and that rotation may string an amazing run together when coupled with the Yankee offense. So as horrible as the Yankees have looked so far, they've consistently been a better second half season over the past number of years, and that seems very likely this season as well. I can see the light.