The Tigers have the world’s most legitimate slugger in Miguel Cabrera, who blasted his 35th home run of the season yesterday, while Alex Rodriguez, who is supposed to be the Yankees’ power threat, has such physical issues he wasn’t even in the lineup because manager Joe Girardi thought he needed a day off after only four games back from offseason hip surgery and a strained quadriceps."
Miguel Cabrera has been a superstar in MLB for ten years and is the reigning MVP and Triple Crown winner.
ARod is not the Yankees' power threat and not even supposedly the Yankees' power threat. Cano, Granderson, and Soriano are probably expected to supply more power than ARod.
This is not a particularly new reality.
"His replacement, Jayson Nix, struck out all four times he came to the plate in the Yankees’ hideous 9-3 loss to the Tigers at Yankee Stadium.
In looking at the A-Rod situation and the Yankees’ decline, it’s important to separate the noise from the reality."
Funny you bring up Jayson Nix.
Because when observers proclaim that ARod will help the team, it's only in relation to the terribly unproductive replacement players.
I think ARod is out of shape and will take a while to get his timing back. Then, he will get suspended for a long time.
While the Yankees were still clinging to their playoff hopes in the recent past, I was hoping the return of Jeter, ARod, and Granderson would help the offense.
But I don't think anyone in the entire world is expecting ARod to play like Miguel Cabrera ever again.
"What’s really happening here is the Yankees are in a franchise free-fall and the entire A-Rod saga is a smokescreen that hides other issues that ail this club."
There is nothing hidden. Look at the standings, look at the scoreboard, look at the stats, look at the play on the field. It's all in the open, every day, in public for all to see.
If there's a lack of attention to the team's struggles, it's the media that is not paying attention. The fans are well aware.
This is very typical.
Like Lupica's latest column complaining about all the attention that ARod is receiving ... complaining how he can't escape ARod talk ... and then spending the rest of the article fixated on ARod.
"Phil Hughes had another dreadful outing and his one-time roommate Joba Chamberlain was equally atrocious. Remember, when the Yankees were selling the notion Hughes and Chamberlain would be the home-grown pitching backbone of this club?"
They're both atrocious, and they're both out of shape and stupid. They never bothered to learn their craft and now their careers are shot.
By the way, the rest of the article is about ARod.
One mention of Hughes and Joba, and then ARod, a player with 15 at-bats in the whole season.
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