The Yankees are now six games out of first after a disappointing set of losses to the Mets this weekend. I'm not panicking, but at this point with the rest of the division playing as well as it is the battle back into the wild card spot is going to be long and tough. Unfortunately the Sox are not going anywhere, but I do expect the Orioles and Toronto to fall from site sometime in the not too distant future. In the East that leaves the Rays who the Yankees have had trouble with this year, but lets also not disregard the fact that Cleveland is strong and that the Tigers are sure to turn it on big time sooner or later. In short I am keeping the faith, but the reality is that the chances of the Yankees missing the playoffs altogether this year are alarmingly higher than they have been in over a decade.
Nats Notes
The Nationals don't have any high profile superstars this year. In fact aside from Soriano's brief stay since the team has really never had a superstar since they relocated. Until now Zimmerman has been taking the role of DC hero, especially after his walkoff homer in the 9th to win the first game at the new stadium. Even though Zimmerman has huge potential, fans need to stop over looking the contributions of Christian Guzman. The Nats shortstop is really the only consistently productive player on the team right now. Actually Aaron Boone is doing pretty well too but since he isn't quite an every day player I'm leaving him out of this discussion. Take a look at Guzman's numbers:
Guzman
G -43 AB-188 AVG .298 OBP .321 SLG .447 OPS.768
Now compare those with Zimmerman
G-44 AB-184 AVG .245 OBP .276 SLG.424 OPS.699
Guzman is having a decent season and deserves to be acknowledged. No disrespect to Zimmerman who I am sure will improve as the season progresses, but until he does, look to short to be the one thing Nationals fan can rely on this year.
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