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CC Sabathia Continues To Be A Question Mark For Yankees

Found May 05, 2014 on Lady At The Bat:
PLAYERS: CC Sabathia,  Masahiro Tanaka,  Hiroki Kuroda,  Ivan Nova,  Michael Pineda,  Alfredo Aceves,  Vidal Nuno,  David Phelps,  Adam Warren
TEAMS: New York Yankees
What are the New York Yankees going to do with CC Sabathia? After his Sunday start, the Yankees left-hander is 3-4 with an ERA of 5.75. Despite striking out more than a batter an inning, he has a WHIP of 1.45. It didn’t seem possible, but Sabathia is even worse than he was last year and, considering he had the worst season of his career, that is a terrible sign. The Yankees entered the year with playoff aspirations, and since they are sitting atop the A.L. East by 0.5 games very early in the season, those hopes aren’t quite out of the window yet. If that is to continue, however, Sabathia needs to join the party. His current performances need to stop, especially with the state of the rest of the Yankees rotation.With the exception of Masahiro Tanaka, the New York Yankees rotation is in a complete shambles. With CC Sabathia turning in another terrible start on Sunday afternoon, both he and Hiroki Kuroda have season ERAs above 5, and Ivan Nova’s replacement, Vida Nuno, tops them both w...
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