Another Yankee Starter fails to go five. An old Brook Benton song has a line "it's just a matter of time" .
Mitchell has a very good moving fastball - alot of "life" to it, the kind of fastball which cannot be "taught"... natural movement..... and his breaking ball is quick and sharp. But it seeemed to flatten out and move laterally across tne strike zone much to frequently which will probably be his biggest problem. Basically a two pitch pitcher which can work for now as he develops some other off speed pitch (changeup), but he MUST improve his command of his breaking ball before we begin to see any semblance of good consistent pitching. Okay- 2/3 mode in effect .....let's get 'em tomorrow.
...yup, and even against the White Sox, who are one of the worst offenses in all of Baseball, there's nothing positive that can be taken from Mitchell's start (9 base runners and 4 runs in 4 innings) and Moreno, who was so highly exalted after his initial 15 minutes of fame, was so bad that the Yanx immediately shipped his ass back down to the minors. ...Yanx pitchers must improve.
