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    • How Are Those Yankees Arms Doing?

    Posted by on April 21st, 2008 · Comments (1)

    2008 stats, to date, via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia:

    		RSAA	ERA	BR/9 IP	SO/BB	     IP
1   White Sox	14	3.45	11.86	2.09	159.1
2   A's		9	3.36	11.67	2.03	182.0
3   Blue Jays	8	3.76	12.66	1.90	177.0
4   Indians	4	4.47	13.63	1.63	167.0
4   Angels	4	4.12	12.76	1.72	177.0
6   Royals	3	4.07	12.31	2.14	166.0
7   Orioles	2	4.34	13.02	1.32	168.0
8   Twins		0	3.80	11.20	2.65	168.0
9   Mariners	-1	4.09	13.32	1.77	173.2
10  Rays		-2	4.15	12.07	1.97	167.0
10  Rangers	-2	4.37	15.05	1.08	171.0
12  Yankees	-5	4.60	13.09	2.02	174.0
13  Red Sox	-7	4.76	13.19	1.64	176.0
14  Tigers	-27	5.69	14.69	1.18	166.0

    Pretty much as one would expect – the Yankees pitching is 12th out of fourteen so far this season – in terms of overall effectiveness. But, in terms of BR/9 IP they’re middle of the pack. And, their SO/BB ratio is not bad at all. So, what’s the problem?

    Basically, it’s four pitchers who have ruined the stats, to date, for the Yankees. See:

    		RSAA	ERA	BR/9 IP	SO/BB	   IP
Andy Pettitte	5	2.45	12.27	2.00	25.2
Brian Bruney	3	1.64	9.82	2.20	11.0
CM Wang		2	3.81	9.69	1.86	26.0
J. Chamberlain	2	1.42	9.95	4.00	 6.1
Edwar Ramirez	1	0.00	7.71	3.00	 2.1
Jon. Albaladejo	1	3.18	9.53	7.00	 5.2
Billy Traber	1	2.57	14.14	2.50	 7.0
Ross Ohlendorf	1	3.77	11.93	2.17	14.1
Kyle Farnsworth	0	4.32	14.04	4.00	 8.1
Mike Mussina	-3	5.75	13.72	2.33	20.1
LaTroy Hawkins	-6	9.64	16.39	1.67	 9.1
Ian Kennedy	-8	9.64	20.57	1.00	14.0
Phil Hughes	-8	8.82	19.84	1.00	16.1

    The numbers for Mussina, Hawkins, Kennedy and Hughes are terrible. Lousy command and too many baserunners, especially, for Hughes and Kennedy. If they looked shell-shocked now, they should.

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    Comments on How Are Those Yankees Arms Doing?

    1. straylightrise
      April 21st, 2008 | 3:50 pm

      Hank is absolutely right about Hughes and Kennedy – these are guys who have to learn how to deal with failure – having these abysmal numbers says they need to improve on their ability to locate pitches and do more than rely on natural talent. There is a reason why there are guys still in the minor leagues with decent stuff- they can’t pitch at a big league level. Hughes and Kennedy are young and they can take these starts to learn how to pitch.

      I said pre-new blog that Mussina needs to become Jamie Moyer and Hank agrees.

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