Wang, solid first outing after poor spring. Our big concern was that hitters seemed to figure him out a bit late last year, particularly Boston. They laid off the low sinker, took it for a ball, forced Wang to throw more pitches, throw more strikes. We'll see, we're nervous that Cashman didn't offer him a 3-4 year contract, which he wanted (do the yanks have the same fear?). But, so far, so good.
Mussina was OK, Hughes looked very solid, Kennedy looked to have good stuff, missed the corners, Pettitte had a terrible error by Duncan, plus a cheap HR that Damon might have caught if he played LF.
Giambi looks to be swinging OK, despite his slow start. Biggest front office mistake in offseason was not bringing back Mankiewicz. We need someone to take the innings load off Giambi, play defense in the late innings. We have no natural first baseman-- Duncan is terrible in the field and we think he'll hit under .250 with a lot of S/O. Maybe Bettecort? An unneccesary weakness.
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