Aw, c'mon George. You know you can't turn a super oil tanker on a dime. They've been on the wrong course for the last six months. After all, your yanks are coming off the biggest choke in playoff history against the mighty Red Sox from last October.
Try several years. Name the last few pitchers since around 2001 who came up through the Yankees farm system and won (and kept) a job in the starting rotation or job as closer.
Their pitching is in serious trouble. Even Johnson has had some trouble in his last few outings. And didn't Joe put Rivera in a game where the Yankees were leading by 2 or 3 runs? You know your star closer is in trouble when he's being put in those kind of games.
The Yankees are a bunch of high-priced players who don't play as a team IMHO. Where's that team chemistry? How come they were not fired up after that incident with Sheffield and the fan at Boston?
Will the hitting come around for the Yankees? Yes. But the pitching is a mess. It's been in more of a mess since Roger left. The Yankees are in trouble.