And so to the pitchers:
New York Yankees – Pitching – Month – AugustName IP H RA ER BB SO W L Sv ERA OBA
Aceves, Alfredo 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 .000
Rivera, Mariano 14.1 9 3 3 2 13 1 2 6 1.88 .173
Giese, Dan 9.0 5 2 2 5 8 0 0 0 2.00 .156
Mussina, Mike 40.0 38 14 13 6 30 3 0 0 2.93 .262
Pavano, Carl 11.0 10 4 4 2 6 2 0 0 3.27 .256
Bruney, Brian 13.0 8 5 5 8 9 0 0 0 3.46 .178
Ponson, Sidney 34.0 37 20 20 14 12 1 3 0 5.29 .291
Britton, Chris 5.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 0 0 5.40 .304
Rasner, Darrell 29.1 33 22 18 8 15 0 1 0 5.52 .273
Veras, Jose 13.0 13 8 8 8 16 2 1 0 5.54 .260
Pettitte, Andy 37.0 47 24 24 13 26 1 3 0 5.84 .320
Ramirez, Edwar 11.2 15 10 9 4 13 2 1 1 6.94 .300
Marte, Damaso 9.1 6 8 8 6 13 0 3 0 7.71 .182
Robertson, David 11.0 15 10 10 5 12 1 0 0 8.18 .349
Chamberlain, Joba 4.2 8 5 5 2 5 0 0 0 9.64 .381
Traber, Billy 4.2 10 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.64 .417
Kennedy, Ian 2.0 9 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 22.50 .600
Pluses
Alfredo Aceves. Late August call-up who now looks like a September addition to the starting rotation. Fine August debut
Mariano Rivera. A slight improvement in his season ERA (and why not?) will give him the best ERA of his career. August hasn’t been his best month but it has been better than most everybody else in the Bronx!
Mike Mussina. Three more wins in August and a twenty win season is still a possibility. His performances have had bags of grit and determination and just the right level of remaining skill.
Minuses
Joba Chamberlain. Let’s recap the story. Chamberlain was an outstanding reliever until ownership decided to interfere and told the management that he must be a starter almost overnight. Fast tracked he first became a so-so starter and then an arm-damaged member of the disabled list. Now back to "fitness", he is sub-par as a reliever which is where he will apparently stay in 2009.
David Robertson. Promoted from AA to the majors, he has liked so many young pitchers this season failed to maintain his own standards and then been returned to a lower level. His 8.18 ERA in August demanded his demotion to Scranton.
Billy Traber. We are now discovering with the promotion of Phil Coke that we have had some decent left-handed pitchers all along. Traber was not one of them.
Surprises