I thought the Yankees were supposed to have weak pitching

Best team ERA:1. Detroit2. St. Louis3. New York Mets4. New York Yankees5. Chicago White Sox

 

I dont believe I was one of them who said the Yankees pitching sucked, but their rotation is nothing special either. Mike Mussina 5-1, 2.35 ERARandy Johnson 5-2, 5.02 ERAChien-Ming Wang 2-1, 4.83 ERAShaun Chacon 4-1, 3.94 ERAJaret Wright 0-2, 5.63 ERAOutside of Mussina, your entire rotation has really struggled, but in the cases of Johnson and Chacon they are getting bailed out by a ton of run support. The Yankees bullpen has been excellent so far though which has helped to drop the team ERA for the statistics you pointed out.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 8 2006, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont believe I was one of them who said the Yankees pitching sucked, but their rotation is nothing special either. Mike Mussina 5-1, 2.35 ERARandy Johnson 5-2, 5.02 ERAChien-Ming Wang 2-1, 4.83 ERAShaun Chacon 4-1, 3.94 ERAJaret Wright 0-2, 5.63 ERAOutside of Mussina, your entire rotation has really struggled, but in the cases of Johnson and Chacon they are getting bailed out by a ton of run support. The Yankees bullpen has been excellent so far though which has helped to drop the team ERA for the statistics you pointed out.</div>RJ's, Wang's, and Chacon's ERA is a bit scewed to how they are actually doing. Just look at their WHIPRJ 1.16SC 1.44CW 1.46All with WHIP's under 1.5, and that's pretty good. Wright is the only one with a high WHIP on the starting rotation.

 

It doesnt really matter if they're letting an average amount of runners on base if there constantly crossing home.

 

a 1.5 whip isnot that great. 1.25 is really the benchmark to shoot for

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bobferg @ May 8 2006, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>a 1.5 whip isnot that great. 1.25 is really the benchmark to shoot for</div>Anything under 1.5 is considered good for a starting pitcher. Not great, just good.

 

honestly, all those #s are fine, but its wins and losses that matter and our pitchers are doing very well...i udnerstand that tahts also because of run support, but i still stand by that.

 

Yanks wooo!!!You gotta realize their like avg 8 runs a game so thats another thing

 

The cream always rises to the top and come September the Yankees and Red Sox will be fighting for the division. Same old story.