http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/04/is-hiroki-kuroda-the-yankees-most-reliable-starter/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/04/is-hiroki-kuroda-the-yankees-most-reliable-starter/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:00:18 +0000 Benjamin Orr http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=7502 The New York Yankees starting pitching as a whole has been a bit inconsistent recently. Up until last night, CC Sabathia had looked a bit rocky ever since June started. Freddy Garcia’s role is really just to keep the team in the game and more often than not, he can do that. Ivan Nova has been just flat out strange lately, maybe causing a bit of concern for Joe Girardi. Phil Hughes has had his ups and downs, but for the most part is coming into his own as a starter. That leaves Hiroki Kuroda. Ever since his transition from the NL to the AL, Kuroda’s 2012 Yankee season was really a mystery. How consistent would he be? Could he pitch well against the power bats of the AL? Kuroda has answered these questions emphatically and has shown us that as of late, he’s the real deal and may be the one starter the Yankees can fall back on.  (more…)

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