What's Wong with Wang's Wing?

Ken Davidoff and Jim Baumbach present a bleak scenario:

"Chien-Ming Wang could miss the rest of the season and beyond, and Carl Pavano delayed his return by at least two weeks from today. So the Yankees are down to two healthy starting pitchers - last night's starter, Mike Mussina, and tomorrow's starter, Randy Johnson - with recently acquired righthander Redding set for tonight. Sunday and Monday? They're wide open.

The developments will intensify the Yankees' efforts to find a starting pitcher from outside the organization. A team official confirmed that they will discuss Al Leiter, designated for assignment by the Florida Marlins yesterday. Furthermore, they will continue negotiations with the Colorado Rockies about Shawn Chacon and Jason Jennings."


I won't criticize Dan Graziano's stick-in-the-mud article too much, because he's right. One win vs. Boston doesn't solve the Yankees' problems. There aren't any available pitchers in the whole wide world who are going to significantly help the Yankees.

Still, how can you trust a guy who describes Sean Henn as "promising"?:

"So they should not trade a promising 24-year-old left-handed pitcher like Sean Henn for Shawn Chacon, whose record includes two failed drug tests and one arrest for assault. They want to sign Al Leiter? All right. But they shouldn't give up a darn thing for him, because a 39-year-old who has allowed 60 walks and 88 hits in 80 innings in the easier league this year is not worth forsaking even a minimal part of the future."

So, what do the Yankees do? They wait for the return of Brown and Pavano and hope they can contribute.

Or they turn back the clock and beat Tampa Bay and Kansas City.

Or they turn back the clock and bench Womack sooner.