WHY THE YANKEES DON'T NEED A #2

I woke up last night in a cold sweat….I had the most terrible dream that Brian Cashman went to the Winter Meetings and struck out big time with his continuing quest to add starting pitching. As he continued with his journey that he called “patience” I saw him waltz up to Jeff Berry all macho like. The conversation was short because he demanded a King’s ransom for his client Mark Buehrle to go to the Bronx, and then Cashman walked away with his tail between his legs. Then….it hit me. I suddenly felt like a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulders, and that big elephant was no longer sitting on my chest! Why was I so stressed out? We have the Chief….Freddy Garcia!
I looked out my window and saw it….the chief sign lit up brightly in the sky beckoning him to return home to the Bronx. Batman has nothing on Freddy, he can save us one change up at a time. Big Papi will be dancing and flip-flopping all over the plate again next year as Freddy continues to deceive hitters. I get it now, who needs a #2 starter when you have Freddy the energizer bunny who just keeps going and going? Think about it….every five days he takes the ball and he does what others cannot. He is good ole reliable, like Lassie!So Cashman, you keep working on plan “patience” because I get what you are doing. Freddy is going to be the anchor in this rotation, last year’s 12-8 record is going to be even better for 2012. Our pitching staff may not have any fresh faces, but they are fully charged and ready to go. Don’t worry about that impressive farm system that could be used to our advantage somewhere.

Keep looking to make that splash, Cash. For now, we are enjoying our time in the kiddie pool.

--Jeana Bellezza --BYB Writer and Editor



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