WHY WE CAN'T TIRE THE THREE HEADED MONSTER

"We need to get distance from our starters and we haven't gotten it."
--Joe Girardi

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So far this season, I like what the Yankees are doing, but one thing I've noticed is Joba, RaSo and Mariano have been out of the pen a lot and its early in the season. Cause for concern? I'd say yeah. Look, it's one thing to have "the Bridge and the Sandman." It's another to over use them. We could really use some help from our starting pitching, can't we?

There is a lot to be said of the Three Headed Monster the Yanks have constructed. First off, it works and it works well. But if they come in every single game, they really aren't going to be any good to us come August. If we continue at this rate, we will wear them down and there's a possible of injury that could creep into play by August, September and the playoffs and that's really when you need these guys most. Yes, it's true, the Three Headed Monster's in a rhythm right now and I love that, but it's April. And think about this...is it possible Mariano was alittle tired after coming in 5 straight games and blowing that save in Toronto the other night? I say yes, and I'm right.

So what should we do about it? I'll tell you what I think...
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It starts tonight with CC. Innings is the key and besides Hughes who's on the DL, the pitchers we have can easily give us 7 or 8, especially at this point. CC, for one, is amped and ready to get a win tonight in Baltimore and should, his record is ridiculously good there. But innings, innings, innings mean something now. The starters need to stretch it a bit more, take some more work load. CC should and will. AJ can as well, and after a few more starts, Colon and Garcia could give you more innings, but that's eventually.

Now, I'm not so sure Nova can yet, and he's on the radar. Over time he's going to have step it up. Nova went six in his debut and hasn't come close since. That's not too good if you think about it.

And Hughes. Hughes in 3 starts I think pitched 10 innings total. Man that stinks on ice.
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The craziest part to all of this is the starters have not reached 7 innings and the only one who's the closest is Bartolo Colon who pitched 6 2/3rd's against Toronto. Don't forget, he didn't pitch in 2010. Think about that. Bottom line, It's time for our starters to go longer, they're healthy, they're capable and it's time. I mean, hopefully tonight CC will set the tone.

It's about teamwork. Sure, we could have the best bullpen in the world, but it's all for naught if we wear them down because our starters can't pitch into the 8th, in fact, it's just a big waste and we don't need that, we're too talented.

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