duckyboy Wrote:
So what's up with RJ? This is the third start in a row where he's sucked ass, right?

He hasn't pitched like himself, but I wouldn't say he's sucked ass. He only gave up 6 hits and struck out 8 through 7 1/3 innings. 2 of the hits were homeruns though.
His 5 ER allowed though are misleading as he'd given up 3 and gave way to Tom Gordon who looks like the worst pitcher in the league this year, who let two more in which were charged to Johnson. Gordon's ERA got better from this outing....just shows how stats don't show everything. Jeter made a big error in the inning also which cost a run.
I'm not really worried about Johnson. He's looked great at times but hasn't dominated over a whole game. The announcers have attributed it to still needing to build armstrength. He usually dominates early in games then gets into trouble in the mid to late innings. Still, He's certainly pitched well enough to win most of the games he's pitched though. Yankees just haven't been able to consistently able to score runs in his games and the bullpen has absolutely sucked this year. He must feel like he's still in AZ.