Assessing the Yankees - Week 3

             

Last week was a step in the right direction for the Yankees and this week was no different. Fresh off of a series sweep of the Rays, the Bombers rode their momentum into Detroit taking three of four from a very formidable Tigers team.  Them came a series victory over the red hot cross town rival Mets whom entered sporting an 11-game winning streak and the best record in baseball.  Going 5-2 in any week is great, but doing it against two quality clubs in one week is all the more impressive. It appears the Yankees have put their early struggles behind them, at least for the time being.

The Good: - The starting pitching did a great job with each starter (outside of Sabathia) picking up a win.  Tanaka and Pineda were especially impressive in their outings yielding one run each and stifling the opposition.  This could become a dangerous one-two punch if they can stay consistent

- Mark Teixeira came out of his bating slumber this week going 10-24 (.416) and slugged 4 Home runs in the process.  Seeing him hit the ball had to be a nice sight for the club as Teixeira sorely needed to get himself going.  If he can run off a few good games like this week, it will go a long way towards the playoff push.

- The bullpen flashed it's dominance once again, giving up only 2 total runs during the week.  As I've said before this will be a continual strength for them.

The Bad: - CC Sabathia took the only two losses of the week, dropping his record to 0-4 on the season.  Though he pitched well in Comerica, his awful start against the Mets was a noticeable setback.  He may not be the ace of the staff anymore, but he needs to contribute consistent outings to the Yankees cause.  Continued failures could force the Yankees to deem him unreliable, something a proud pitcher like Sabathia surely does not want.

current sports events

Well the Yankees are still in first place though they suffered a loss tonight, but I'm sure they will bounce back. They've played too well to go into a slump now.

Brett Favre has oficially announced that he will stay retired which is probably a good thing for him since I do not believe he was looking forward to being booed by the fans that revered him. Even though it seem that everyone wanted to see Favre play again, He really does not need to prove anything else...He's a football legend in his own right and should have retired long before his tenure with the Jets. I do however feel kind of bad for the Vikings who invested so much of their time to try and get him to come play, I guess it's back to the drawing board. Good thing the Giants don't have to deal with quarterback problems.

I'm pretty sure you all have heard the story about the Mets firing one of their executives for almost fighting their minor leaguers and Francisco Rodriguez. What really gets me though is how Omar Minaya handled the situation in the press conference. Why would you attack the reporter who leaked the story and accuse him of trying to steal a fron office job by stirring the pot. Not to mention throwing the reporter under the bus when he is sitting right there in front of you in the cluster of reporters at the press conference. I there was any example that showed us what happens when in house problems are not quite handled in house, the Mets front office certainly has taken the cake for the past year. Hopefuly they can resolve this situation befor it becomes embarassing for the entire organization, if it hasn't already.