Pitching Could Shorten Yankees Throat
The Different York Yankees when manufacture runs through October have always relied on bull pitching. The 2008 Yankees carry a lot of questions on the mound, and it could come back to crushed them soon.
Question one is, who is the ace? I guess by default it needs to be Chien-Ming Wang, who has won 19 games in everyone of the elapsed two seasons. Still so, he does not strike fear into opposing batters, exclusively in big games, where Wang has a tendency to tighten up.
There is always Andy Pettitte, forthwith in his 13th year, and not the pitcher that he once was. There was a generation when Pettitte was The big-game, coin pitcher for the Yankees. Mike Mussina is all the more on call, entering his 17th season. No one is certain what to expect of Mussina, as his skills slowly diminish. Mussina never seemed comfortable as a top dog anyway.
The Yankees are putting a group of faith in a lot of boyish arms that testament be called upon to deliver prerrogative away. The potential by all accounts is there, however players analogous Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes are growth asked to win now, in the cauldron of Yankee Stadium. It is asking a lot, and possibly so yet that it will be what brings the Yankees down in 2008.
Finally, there is Mariano Rivera, the once unbeatable right-handed closer. Rivera's skills, although even formidable, are further not what they once were. The Yankees must have Rivera close to his old, reliable self provided they acquire any hope of contending this year.
Author: Freddy C
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