- The Yankee pitching staff has 109 appearances in 21 games. For those of you that are math impaired, that is an average of over 5 pitchers used per game.
- Michael Kay quoted a stat tonight that they Yanks have used 5 or more pitchers in 8 consecutive games, tied for the most in 50 years and one behind the all time MLB record.
- You need your starters to go deep into the games on a regular basis. The problem is that they don't have anyone in their rotation that can provide that for them. Their overworked bullpen is suffering because of it. 5 Yankee relievers have pitching in over half of their games. They have used 9 starting pitchers already this year.
- The Yanks team ERA going into tonight was 4.83 (and it got worse after tonight's game), that is fourth worst in the AL ahead of only Seattle, Texas and Tampa Bay.
This staff as it is currently constituted is horrible. I just don't see a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. I don't think that Clemens and his 5 innings per start will help the situation. Even when they are all healthy Wang, Pettitte, Mussina, Karstens and Hughes isn't going to strike fear into any lineup. They need a power arm or two in the rotation and they need some starters that can pitch into the 7th. I just have no idea where they are going to find either of these.
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