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March 26, 2007
Yankees Clubhouse Update
Bryan, no denying it, the loss of Wang certainly hurts the Yankees. To be honest, I am not concerned so much with the time he misses, but rather how he rebounds from this hamstring injury. As it currently stands, Wang will likely be out for a month, meaning he will miss three weeks of the regular season and a handful of starts. In my opinion, these few starts won’t be detrimental to the Yanks, but if Wang is not able to return to his 19 game winning form from a year ago, then this could be cause for concern. Hopefully this will not be a hamstring pull that lingers all season long, but only time will tell.Opening day is just around the corner and I can’t wait. If the past few seasons are any indication, expect the Yankees to get off to a slow start. In 2004, the team finished April just one game over .500, in 2005 they finished April four games under .500 and in 2006 they were just three games over .500 after the first month of the season.
The Yankees open this spring with six games at Yankee Stadium before traveling to Minnesota to sweep the Twins. The Yanks also have six against the Red Sox in April, so it should be a very exciting first month.
Posted by schleifj at March 26, 2007 01:37 PM