WHY NOVA IS THE YANKEES #2

As we look at our Yankees, the offense is among the leagues best, the bullpen is among the leagues best, the fans are among the leagues best, and the stadium is also among the leagues best. The only thing not really considered to be tops in the league, is our starting pitching staff as a whole.



Currently CC Monster is one of the leagues best pitchers, but behind him there are many question marks. Before the season Burnett was expected to bounce back, and did but not enough to be considered a legitimate #2 starter. In-Season Bartolo Colon was considered our #2 Ace, but his age has caught up with him. Now we have a new #2 pitcher, Ivan Nova.Nova came into the season as the 4th pitcher on the Yankees staff, but with the emergence of Colon and Freddy Garcia, among with Phil Hughes coming back from injury was sent down to AAA for a while. He is now back on the Major League roster, but it seems that if one start goes bad he could be right back in AAA. I view this as a terrible way to deal with your 2nd best starter on your staff. Nova has proven that he is the 2nd best pitcher on the Yankees by posting an 11-4 record (second best on the staff), a 3.85 ERA, and in his last 3 starts he is 3-0 with a 3.44 ERA, pretty damn good!



With Phil Hughes healthy and ineffective as ever, he belongs in the bullpen, and Nova definitely belongs in the starting rotation as he has proven that he is the 2nd best pitcher the Yankees currently have. The Yankees should NOT mess with this kid jerking him back and forth from the rotation to the bullpen and back to AAA, and since in my mind he has proven that he deserves the #2 spot in the rotation, Girardi should just give it to him! So when people walk up to Nova, they can say "What exactly do you do Number 2?" Nova can say "That's my business," and just mow them down.So, what do you think? You have questions or you want to comment? Go for it. Also, add the BYB group on Blackberry messenger by looking on the » side of the page.







--Will Cohen, BYB Staff Writer

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