As pathetic as this team looks, I’m not sure it’s THAT bad. Other than Wang, the starters don’t look horrible.

  1.  Sabathia pitched well yesterday. He stuff was working and his fastball looked good. A better  right fielder would have caught that home run.
  2. Burnett has had one-half of a bad outting. He looked great for the first few innings against Boston.
  3. Pettitte will be fine.
  4. Joba belongs in the pen.
  5. If Hughes pitches well tonight. He gets another start. If he’s serviceable, he stays in the rotation.
  6. Joba goes back to the pen. With Bruney down, they need him in the eighth inning.
  7. Bring up Tomko
  8. Girardi needs to wake up. Marte should have NEVER pitched to Youkilis on Friday. Youkilis should have been intentionally walked to let the lefty pitch to Drew. How in the world does Girardi allow Marte to pitch to baseball’s hottest hitter in that situation amazes me.
  9. They need a better right fielder. Swisher is OK, but they’re not going to win a championship with him in right field. I’m not sure what the answer is here, but they need to do something.
  10. Give Austin Jackson a shot in right field. What do they have to lose?
  11. Swisher should be the DH.
  12. The lineup gets a lot longer when A-Rod returns.

It’s too early to say “This isn’t the team” but it’s not too early to make some adjustments.