Posts tagged ‘2008 season’

Even though the Yankees had to wait an extra day to get the season started, and were outscored 9-8, manager Joe Girardi has to be happy with a 2-1 start. The offense hasn’t kicked into gear yet but A-Rod has gone yard for the first time this season, and the bullpen showed what they are capable of in these three games.

The Yanks had to come from behind in their book end wins in the opening series of the season but this is quite possibly the most potent line-up in all of baseball, except maybe for the Detroit Tigers and that is why this team is NEVER out of a game until the 27th out is recorded. This line-up has weapons from 1-9 and even on the bench, so they keep everyone guessing and on the edge of our seats for 9 innings.

The only concern I have at this point is Mike Mussina. He doesn’t seem sharp anymore and he is not fooling hitters the way he has in the past. He gave up all the runs in the middle game of the series, and if I am Girardi I would move him down in the rotation once Pettitte comes back from the DL. All in all it was a good series, and the Yanks are showing signs of coming alive and beginning the season better than last year.

Up next for the Bombers was a weekend series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays….I mean Rays. Do you really think changing their name is going to help? Not this year but watch out for this team with young pitching and hitting this team may start to come to life in the next few seasons. If they can get some relief help and some starters for the back end of the rotation they can contend.

Ok, so I thought the Yankees would probably take 3 of 4. Boy was I wrong. They split with the Tampa Bay Rays, being outscored 19-7 in the first two games. They were embarrassed to say the least. I know it is still April but these are the games you should win, especially at home. Starting pitching was an issue in both of the losses and then final 2 games the starting pitching was a big reason why this team took the last 2 games outscoring the Rays 8-2. In the finally the Yankees had several season highs with 6 runs and 11 hits. The offense is showing signs of life but we have a long way to go. The question remains, can the Yankees score 1000 runs. Let us know what you think and stay connected with the Yankees right here and tell all your family and friends about Yankeescast.com!