Today is very important.  Javy Vazquez needs to put himself together today to help keep the bullpen from being overworked.  He needs to give us a lot of innings.  The problem is he's not proving that he's capable of doing that which puts more pressure on Phil Hughes.  I don't have anything to worry about Hughes because I know he can definitly give us at least 7 or 8 innings, but we also have to worry about using our bullpen for tomorrow's game as well.  If Javy can show today that he's capable of throwing 6 or 7 innings, I'll back off of him.  But for right now I'll stay nervous.

Before the start of the season, I really thought Javier Vazquez would do better than he did in 2004 and I had confidence in him.  Now that he's 1-3 with a 9.78 ERA, I can't feel sorry for the guy even when he's booed.  He has good stuff and he's not showing it.  Where is his command?  Where is his velocity?  He's letting his bad memories of pitching for us in 2004 get the best of him and that's unacceptable.  If he doesn't get it together by mid-season we should consider trading him.  What do you guys think?

It's no surprise to me that Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter won Gold Gloves.  I said to myself all season that this was to be the case.  Yankees made their best move in years by signing Mark Teixeira.  I can't wait to see what he brings our team next season.