Fix the Yankees

Can the Yankees be fixed?

Do they really need fixing, in the sense that they need to sign someone/promote someone/trade someone to make the team win?

Is it just a matter of get everything clicking at once and the Yankees can go on a nice 10 game win streak?

Without looking at game logs, I am under the impression that in the beginning of the season the Yankees weren't winning consistently because for some reason the Yankee starters thought it would be more fun to only pitch 4ish innings every game. Apparently 4 days off between starts wasn't enough. They needed half the day off when they started as well.

Now it appears to me that the Yankees aren't winning consistently because for some reason the great Yankee lineup decided to not score any runs...ever...at any point.

If that is the case, winning consistently would mean getting both aspects of the game to click at the same time. Well obviously. Pitch well. Hit well. Win. What I am seeing though, is that I believe the Yankees have exhibited the ability to both pitch well and hit well. So now, do them both at the same time.

Well now, I think it is necessary to look at the 40 game logs (10 Game Rewind tomorrow) to see what is going on. Are my impressions correct?

Looking at the table below, innings refers to how deep into the game the starter got, and I chose to simply use runs as opposed to earned runs (and it is just the runs given up by the starter). Defense counts too. Let's get them all clicking.

For innings, the text is in bold if the starter went less than 5 innings. For runs, the text is in bold if the starter yielded 4 or more runs. For runs scored, the text is in bold if the Yankees plated 4 of fewer men.

Date	Opponent	Innings	Runs	Runs Scored	Outcome
4/2	vs. TB	4.1	5	9	W 9-5
4/5	vs. TB	4.0	4	6	L 6-7
4/6	vs. BAL	4.0	6	4	L 4-6
4/7	vs. BAL	5.0	7	10	W 10-7
4/8	vs. BAL	4.1	5	4	L 4-6
4/9	@ MIN	7.0	2	8	W 8-2
4/10	@ MIN	6.0	0	10	W 10-1
4/11	@MIN	2.0	0	1	L 1-5
4/13	@ OAK	5.1	2	4	L 4-5
4/14	@ OAK	5.1	3	4	W 4-3
4/15	@ OAK	7.0	2	4	L 4-5
4/17	vs. CLE	5.0	3	10	W 10-3
4/18	vs. CLE	6.0	2	9	W 9-2
4/19	vs. CLE	4.1	1	8	W 8-6
4/20	@ BOS	6.1	2	6	L 6-7
4/21	@ BOS	4.1	7	5	L 5-7
4/22	@ BOS	3.0	4	6	L 6-7
4/23	@ TB	4.1	7	8	L 8-10
4/24	@ TB	6.1	4	4	L 4-6
4/26	vs. TOR	4.1	4	0	L 0-6
4/27	vs. BOS	4.2	5	4	L 4-11
4/28	vs. BOS	0*	0	3	W 3-1
4/29	vs. BOS	6.0	4	4	L 4-7
5/1	@ TEX	6.1	0	10	W 10-1
5/3	@ TEX	6.0	2	4	W 4-3
5/3	@ TEX	5.0	1	5	W 5-2
5/4	vs. SEA	4.0	8	11	L 11-15
5/5	vs. SEA	8.0	1	8	W 8-1
5/6	vs. SEA	5.2	0	5	W 5-0
5/7	vs. SEA	7.0	1	2	L 2-3
5/8	vs. TEX	7.0	1	8	W 8-2
5/9	vs. TEX	6.0	2	6	W 6-2
5/10	vs. TEX	6.1	7	2	L 2-14
5/11	@ SEA	5.0	3	0	L 0-3
5/12	@ SEA	6.2	2	7	W 7-2
5/13	@ SEA	7.1	2	1	L 1-2
5/16	@ CWS	5.1	5	3	L 3-5
5/16	@ CWS	7.0	1	8	W 8-1
5/17	@ CWS	3.1	4	4	L 4-1
5/18	@ NYM	7.0	3	2	L 2-3

* Karstens broke his leg on a line drive against the second batter of the game. Kei Igawa entered the game in relief and went 6.0 innings without allowing a run to score.

I am correct. Kind of. The Yankee pitchers did start out sucking and the offense was on fire at the time. Then there was a period of mediocrity on both sides. During this time the Yankees won 8 of 11.

This was followed by the current trend. Some actual value coming from the pitchers (usually, and yes, by fairly low standards), but nothing coming from the offense. The Yankees have lost 6 of their last 8.

My conclusion: The Yankees do not need to be spectacular in one area of the game. They can succeed with simply mediocrity from both sides.

So, how long will the offense continue to slump? And when they finally break out of it, will the pitching revert back to the beginning of the season?