"So you know: Through Friday night's games Austin Jackson - the kid the Yankees traded away for - was hitting .350 for the and had two more hits for the season than Robinson Cano does.
At a time when Cano is supposed to be the hottest guy in the world and MVP of everything."
I didn't even know that Cano was "supposed to be" the MVP of everything, but Cano had a great April.
"And right behind Jackson in the Tigers order, Johnny Damon is hitting like Johnny Damon for the Tigers, not exactly a startling development, even though the Yankees decided he needed to take nearly a 50% paycut last winter. (Damon is now hitting .344 and hit a walk-off homer Saturday.)
So you have to say it's a good thing the Yankees are pitching the way they are, because somebody might be asking where they've improved from last year to this with the changes they made in their batting order."
Yes, it would appear that Cashman is a moron.
Except Melky Cabrera is hitting .195 and Marcus Thames is hitting .550.
So Cashman is a genius ... and anybody who judges trades after one month is a moron.
The Yankees are second in the league in runs and fifth in ERA.
I didn't dive too deeply into these statistics, but it's just 30 seconds' worth of research to test Lupica's assertion that the Yankee pitching is saving the Yankee offense.
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