Thursday, April 28, 2005 |
Blackeymail: Angels 3, Yankees 1
I won't go over the top and say it was a good outing because he got the win, nor because he held the Yankees to one run; giving up seven hits and three walks over five and a third innings qualifies as walking an Ishiian tightrope, one he could have fallen off of at any moment. That is to say, I'm beginning to think we saw the best of Lackey during Game 7 of the 2002 World Series, and he's just not going to get any better, ever. That's too bad, because he could have been a nice pitcher.
At least half of Lackey's success came from the scuffling Yankees, who, as they pointed out on Baseball Tonight, will now be assured of a losing April for the first time in twelve years. That the team with the highest payroll in baseball appears headed for a year of mediocrity (i.e., failing to win the division, boo-hoo) warms my heart, as it should lift the spirits of every fan of every non-Yankee team in the AL East. Now that Kevin Brown is no longer with the Dodgers, I can laugh at him every time he has a bad start -- which he did through three, but after that he settled down and gave the Angels an old-timey bad time, retiring 11 straight from the fourth on. You can see the end coming for Brown, and sooner rather than later.
I am, however, beginning to worry some about Finley. Despite his heroics in yesterday's game, he's got a .165/.247/.354 year-to-date line, significantly worse than his career .237/.305/.408 April numbers. Fins is 4-25 (.160) over the last week, showing absolutely no signs of improving. Some of that may be league adjustment, but it's hard to untangle league from age.
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