Now George, how many times have I told you and Red Sox nation not to gloat in June . . . the last time you were 8-1 against the Yankees to start a season was 2009 - and you might remember what happened that time.
The Yankees are in bad shape, but have plenty of fireballing starters at Triple A who can be brought up to fill in bullpen roles (a la Joba a few years ago). The real Yankee problem is the starting pitching, and, as I've said, with the injury to their young catcher, and the catching prospects in the Yankee system, the Giants and the Yankees need to do some business.
Oh, and please, don't talk to me about steroids. If there is any team who benefitted more from steroids than the Yankees [I would also mention the Giants with Bonds, but they never won it all with him], its the Red Sox (have you forgotten those two World Series you guys won behind Manny [4 positive tests] and Big Poppi [also tested positive]?).
Yep, remember that year, 8-1 became 9-9.
These are not those Yankees in any way, shape or form.
Arod is off the roids now, Jeter is on the back nine, Cano doesn't look the same and your starting pitching and bullpen are a complete mess.
Not a single Yankee starter hitting over 300.
So not even close.
The Yankees ruined Joba, he was a superstar in the making when he came up, they ruined the kid, starter, closer, set up man, what is he?
He's now done for the year.
Just like the Red Sox ruined Dice K; he's also having the same surgery, they ruined the guy, should have just left him alone and let him prepare for his starts the way he wanted to.
As far as World Series winning teams benefiting from steriods the past ten years as an example; they all did, the Cardinals with Pujols, the Yankees with Arod, the Red Sox two with Manny and Ortiz, the White Sox with Ordoniez, Konerco and others, the Phillies with Howard, the Giants, Angels and Marlins looked clean to me.
If you look at Colon and tell me there's not someting fishy going on there, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale if your interested.......