positives through 5 games:
Bruney
Ohlendorf
Traber
Joba
Mo
Hughes
Wang
Jeter’s Defense
A-Rod looks pretty good
Cano’s defense
Melky’s ABs
Abreu
Pettitte was OK until he got tired
Albadalejo

negatives:
Cano’s offense
Jeter’s offense
Hawkins
Kennedy’s mechanics were all over the place
Damon’s offense

so, 3/5 of the rotation looks ok, 5-6 bullpen arms look good, and the middle of the lineup looks ok. 

Jeter and Cano WILL hit.

their schedule is so bad, that if they play .500 in April, i would consider that a “hot” start.

I’ll never doubt that Cano won’t hot after the way he finished off the 2007 season. Jeter is a given

I would add Matsui’s defense to yup’s list of negatives.

yeah, melky’s little stunt in ST really cost the team this weekend.  matsui needs to stay out of the OF.

Also adding to Yups list is Krazy BunnyKyle even having a spot on the 40.
Cash is to smart to waste another summer letting this uncle, fester. I hope.

Be reasonable you say? But you, a blogger of all things, are incapable of being reasonable with all your stats and your misinformed commentary. Why are you even allowed to run this website? Why is there the internet? Down with technology, let guts and feelings rule again!

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as a frisky 21 yr old i would love to join this team. methinks a-child-shall-lead-them. thank goodness hughesey ain’t bar mitzvahed.

if only i was three inches taller. and my last name was Cueto (Romanian for “Ultimate Bad-ass”).

farnsworth’s on a boat in the middle of a raging sea, making a scene for it all to be ignored. i think we’re all fuggin bored.

positives through 5 games:

Abreu is hitting the ball well, also.

Oops, you already had that. Nevermind.

I would add Matsui’s defense to yup’s list of negatives.

Matsui did not spend much time in the OF in ST due to the fact that he was still recovering from his knee surgery in the off season. Once he gets back in shape he will be Ok. Damon is faster and better with the glove, but Matsui has a better arm and a much better bat. If both are healthy it’s pretty much a wash. I do not like the idea of a full time DH, they need that slot in the lineup to rest players and to better optimize the lineup for opposing pitchers.

Another positive is that Red Sox lost behind Buchholz. I am not worried about Kennedy at all. He doesn’t have a reputation for erratic control. He’s young. He cannot power his way through when his control falters, but nobody has been projecting him to be an ace. The big question marks going into season were Moose and the bullpen. So far Moose looks bad but the bullpen looks to be better than expected. The big problem so far has been their hitting.

Yeah, the starting rotation has been iffy, but the team was BUILT knowing the team had a shaky rotation - you know, “just be decent, and we’ll win a lot of games because we’ll score a bunch,” which is what happened during the awesome stretch last year where they got rid of all the shitty ptichers.

And that is likely what will happen. Pettitte was just rusty, so I’m not worried about him - Kennedy, well, that was certainly terrible, so maybe he IS a cause for concern, but we won’t know until his next start. Otherwise, the rotation will be basically just “decent” (except for perhaps Hughes), but that’s okay, because the team is built around the offense.

And that offense is killing the team through five games. But what are the odds of that keeping up? I say not good, so I’m not that worried.

Yeah, this is basically like last year, except the pitching has been better (especially the bullpen), and ARod hasn’t been playing out of his mind.  He WAS the offense through April pretty much, and then everyone else got into the act to take the team from floundering to contending.

also, the Yankees are playing much better opponents.  the Yankees were what, 1 9th inning A-Rod blast from getting swept by the Orioles last year?

like i said, if the Yankees play .500 this month, i think it will qualify as a very good start, even though it won’t look like it.

Yanks always start slow in April.  Orioles always start hot.  Eventually, the cream rises to the top and the dregs to the bottom.

That said, Toronto seems intent on letting people know that the AL East will be a three team race.  Tampa won’t contend (this year), but they can play the ultimate spoiler.

Yanks bats are slow because their hitters are for the most part old.  Things get slower after age 32.