I've said it before and I'll say it again. Chien-Ming Wang is on his way to being an ace. This month has been ridiculous. He has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his six starts, and has hit the seventh inning in three of those six. He only got rocked the one time against the Red Sox when he saw them in back to back starts and they rocked him the second time around. He has 27 Ks in 39 innings giving him a healthy 6.23 K/9. I could keep reading you all of these impressive numbers , but all you really need to know is that the Yankees are 6-0 when CMW is on the mound and he has five of their 13 wins this season. He blew their shot in the playoffs last year, but like Arod a year ago, would the Yankees even be there if not for the consistent contributions of a stud like Wang? Oh yea, the Sox lost too. That's always good news.
Now for the bad news. Jorge was scratched from the game today. The reason? A muscle tear in his shoulder. Hard to believe since he gunned down speedster Grady Sizemore yesterday, but I guess he only made things worse. This is a big blow to the Yanks, but far from a knock out. Unlike Jason Varitek or Brad Ausmus who are known as good signal callers, Posada was always an offense first guy. I don't think he hurt the Yankees behind the plate, especially in recent years, but I think that if Jose Molina keeps producing solid at bats and Chad Moeller makes it though waivers the Yankees will survive long enough for Jorge to heal up.
My thought of the day: Can the Melkman deliver or what? I always liked Melky but thought he would never hit enough to be an everyday center fielder or even a corner guy. Melky is starting to become that everyday guy and though he doesn't have that prototypical home run swing, he will hit the ball hard and I think he will continue to develop into a hitter like Bernie who will perennially put up 20 homers and threaten 30 every once in a while. Put that with a great arm and solid defense and the Yanks have themselves a pretty good player.
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