The Slumping Yankees

In looking over the current state of the Yankees, I have been trying to pick out some positive positive aspects to focus on, rather than the obvious things that are going wrong with the team. Lets first look at the offensive side of the team, which has scored only 18 runs during the past 7 games; an average of under 3 runs a game. While less than 3 runs a game seems feasible with good starting pitching, the Yankees were shutout twice during these 7 games. It is impossible to win a game if the team is unable to hit with runners in scoring position. I am getting too negative again, so lets see where we can find some positive things going on with the team.

• Robinson Cano is 10/26 (.417) in the past 7 games.

• Mark Teixiera is 7/26 (.269) with 1 2B, 4BB and 2RBI.

That's it. I can't believe how poor the offense has been over the past 7 games. I went through all the stats and I can't find anyone else that's doing relatively decent. This is something you cant pinpoint onto one guy as they are collectively not hitting.

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Pitching for the past 7 games:

• Aceves has looked pretty good lately. In his latest outing against the Marlins, hes pitched 2.2 strong innings in which he struck out 2 guys while giving up only 1 hit (0ER).
• Phil Hughes has also looked great in the bullpen, pitching 5 innings over the past 7 games; striking out 6 while giving up only 1 hit. I am unsure if I really like this as I think they are setting him back as a starter. What is the difference between him and Joba. If you don't want Joba in the pen, I can't see how you can like Phil being in the pen also. I guess this is the best short-term solution the team has been able to devise.
  

The starting pitching hasn't been terrible as of late actually.

1. Andy Pettitte- 7IP, 3H, 1ER, 7K's
2. CC- Hurt, left in the 2nd
3. A.J. Burnett- 6.1, 5H, 1ER, 8K's
4. Joba Chamberlain- 6IP, 7H, 3ER, 6 K's
   
5. Chien Ming Wang- 5IP, 6 H, 3ER, 4 K's -- An improvement from his prior starts

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Clearly, the offense needs to step it up. While you can't expect a team to put up 5 runs every game, it is impossible to win a game when your offense is scoring you 0,1 or 2 runs a game. They are a much better team then they are playing and it is only a matter of time before they all wake up. So chill out everyone, it will be ok.