It'd be wrong to call this a roller-coaster ride since it's been the dullest Yankee season in 30 years but I really don't know how else to phrase it. Every time I'm ready to sell they give me a little hope and every time I get a little optimistic they make me want to throw my TV out the window. If you have half a brain you won't let this fool you. You won't let Pineda fool you. He can just as easily go out on his next turn and serve up homer after homer like he did against the Red Sox this past weekend. But this is what happens when you get good starting pitching. Four straight good starts = four straight wins.
There is one constant on this team. Late inning leads do not vanquish. Ever. NoRunsDMC has been so good all year it doesn't even make sense and lately, it's been a group effort. 28.2 straight scoreless innings. .088 batting average against. Those are fucking disrespectful statistics. If you want to take something from this week, it's the middle relief. Anthony Swarzak and Nick Goody have both been really impressive lately and if they can continue to show glimpses of competence like this down the stretch it'll be huge. If the Yanks plan on getting back into this they're going to need guys who can throw up zeros other than Betances/Miller/Chapman.
The clock is winding down here. There are some very, very difficult decisions that have to be made in the next couple weeks and the more the Yankees win, the more complicated things get. Folks will tell you the Yankees winning these four games is bad for the big picture outlook on this team but it also means they have more leverage. If Cashman can convince other teams that they're a contender, that means the asking price on Miller, Chapman and Beltran goes up. I think that's a good thing.
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