Happy Labor Day Weekend to all! How about them yanks?! Even with mediocre starting pitching, the yankees are on quite the win streak! Today made it eight straight wins in a row! They go for a sweet of TORONTO tomorrow before they welcome in the rejuvenated Orioles to the Bronx starting on Labor Day, a game in which I will be in attendance!
Now here's the deal people....I understand the bullpen has been on a tear and the offense has been picking up the slack, but the wins have come against Toronto, Oakland, and Chicago. Does anyone out there REALLY think this lineup with Nunez, Pena, Thames, and Berkman is going to continue to pick up the slack in November?! The lone exception is Thames who has been sizzling! But still...the Yankees HAVE TO stay healthy down the stretch and maintain the lineup!
Yankee fans have a lot to look forward to down the stretch. Jeter has been cold, Cano has been cold, and A-Rod has been out! You HAVE TO imagine that Jeter will get on a streak along with Cano down the stretch! And you have to hope that A-Rod will contribute in October! Hopefully AJ will put together a good September to give him confidence for the post-season...BUT....this season AJ has had one good month followed by one bad one and alternating in that pattern! Hopefully he'll break the pattern in October! Yankees also have to give Hughes consistent work so he says consistent down the stretch! He HAS NOT been performing coming off of 6 days of rest! That's for sure! By the way...how about Ivan Nova?! He's been pretty good! Good enough where I can see him on the post-season roster as a long-man! Right now Nova is better than Javi and Mitre! Mitre is way too inconsistent! He's either good or bad! No middle ground! Gaudin has been good for the Yankees! Also in the bullpen, thank goodness "boom boom" Boone Logan has been outstanding or else the yanks wouldn't have a dependable left-hander out of the 'pen! The other lefty the yankees have is Marte who is NOT looking good to be ready for the post-season! As of today he's not even throwing yet and working on strengthening his shoulder!
Coming up the Yankees will host the Orioles, then the yanks fly to Texas, Tampa, and Baltimore! The Orioles are a tougher out, but the Yankees SHOULD win that series, they also SHOULD win the Texas series since the rangers have been slumping as of late and the yanks like to play over there in the ballpark in Arlington, home of the Bobby Murcer Memorial Jetstream in right center field! True Yankee fans will understand that joke! The Tampa series will be THE series to watch! Those three games will have a playoff feel to them! Much more so then the remaining games with Boston (sorry sox fans! that team is done!).
We'll see what happens coming up! Keep on reading and leave a comment or two! I enjoy reading ALL feedback! Thanks!
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