Not the best start we've ever seen from CMW, actually one of his worst. But this is what Yankees vs. Red Sox are suppose to look: well over four hours long, a ton of runs and a ton of pitching changes. With all the hitting that went on though, the player of the game has to be Brian Bruney. He is by far the early season surprise for the Yankees is his 1.80 ERA in his first seven appearances. He is definitely the front runner to replace Joba as the eighth inning guy when, hopefully, Joba goes back into the rotation. The most important stat to me is his K/BB ratio. It has jumped to 2.75 from 1.36 for his career. Now I doubt it stays that high for the rest of the season, but he is pounding the strike zone with his superior stuff and the results are even better than his September showing in '06. It might be the weight he dropped in the off-season, but he just has a different presence on the mound.
It's also nice to see the Captain come back hot from his time off. He looked very old at the start of the season and now he is finally starting to look like classic Jeter. Hopefully tonight the Moose decides he should avoid pitching to Manny with a base open and uses some of that pitching IQ he supposedly has some much of.
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