What's The Plan?
Mitchell pointed it out in the comments of another post, but it sounds like the Yankees plan on giving Gaudin a start Sunday in place of Joba Chamberlain. The only problem is, to this point I can't tell what the exact plan is. Do they plan on skipping Joba entirely or is this just to move him back a day?
I would assume they are not moving him back by only a day. If you look at the rotation we should see AJ pitch tomorrow with CC, Pettitte, Mitre and Gaudin pitching against Seattle. That sets up AJ to pitch again Monday in Oakland and Saturday in Boston and CC to pitch Tuesday in Oakland and Sunday in Boston. Unless of course they are going to pitch Joba Monday in Oakland which means he could pitch Saturday in Boston, but then CC misses the Red Sox entirely. Ugh, my head hurts now.
What I hope the Yankees do is skip Joba entirely. AJ and Sabathia on regular rest in Oakland and then let Joba start Friday at Fenway with AJ and CC following him.
As for the idea of using Gaudin, I am all for it, but not on the day after a Mitre start. I think Gaudin will be better than Mitre, but that really isn't saying much. If Mitre pitches like he has on Saturday and Gaudin delivers a clunker on Sunday, you probably lose both games and burn out the pen.
But, until we see something else in writing (morning papers?) we don't really know how the Yankees are going to proceed from here. Stay tuned.
Comments
I'm mad about how they're handling Joba. They're messing with his rhythm. It's not a coincidence since they start messing around with his starts, he's because less effective. Start him regularly throughout the year and playoffs, or just start him until he's 20 innings from his limit and then put him in the pen. He's clearly not effective with extra rest because he becomes inaccurate.
Posted by: Garrett | August 11, 2009 11:53 PM |
Yankee bullpen in the last 5 games....18 innings 3 earned runs. All the runs on HRs. Plus Girardi has used at least 5 guys, thats pretty effective bullpen management and if you are results orientated best stretch I can remember for quite some time.
Posted by: tim | August 12, 2009 02:46 AM |