Just two weeks ago we were writing the obituary for the Yankees - double digits behind the Red Sox and 8 games out in the Wild Card... who is hearing tip toes now. Though they still have an ERA for June closer to 6 than 5, their hitting is coming around. Abreu is hitting around .500 and Cano looks like the All-Star he was last year.
Clemens has one start and hopefully will get stronger and eventually Hughes will replace Clippard.
Stretching out Mussina to 7 innings will save the bullpen. With the consistency of a Wang and a fantastic Petite rounding out the rotation, we are in for the long haul.
The best move was putting Giambi on the DL. His lack of hitting and defense was draggin the team down. This also made the outfield defense better as Cabrera took over the centerfield spot while Damon moved to DH saving his legs and back.
The next two weeks are critical. The latest Yankee surge came against weaker teams. Now we have to see how they do against teams over .500. If they can keep it up, then everyone is in trouble, even the Boston Red Sox.
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