Well, if you have to face this kid, I suppose the Yankees have picked the right month to do it. Check out his career monthly splits:

Month		G	 IP	ERA
April/March	14	 88.2	2.94
May		10	 55.2	6.31
June		10	 66.0	3.95
July		10	 67.2	3.19
August		18	121.1	3.56
Sept/Oct		17	111.0	3.73

Of course, yes, that’s a small sample size. Maybe a better plan would be to hope for a two-hour rain delay after the second inning? When your line-up includes Jeter, Giambi, Cano, Ensberg, and Molina – they way they’ve been swinging the bats so far this season – you’ll take whatever you can get in terms of some help against a starter like Hernandez.