Baseball - New York Yankees

As per par usual, the New York Yankees are right at the top of the American League East division standings. It is safe to say that with the type of money that the Yankees have that they will always be play off contenders. But it also appears that they will no longer stroll through the regular season without competition from any of their division rivals. At this time the Yankees are a half a game out of first place and trail the Boston Red Sox. This is in addition to the Toronto Blue Jays who are only 3 games out of first place. If the Yankees want to make the play offs they may have to win the division because a wild card berth is anything but guaranteed in 2006.

The Yankees have had a good pitching staff for the better part of the season. Even though Randy Johnson has been pretty well inconsistent, the rest of the staff has done a great job of picking up the slack. The starting rotation has been led by Mike Mussina and if the Yankees want to continue their winning ways he will have to be the ace down the stretch as well.

In addition the Yankees are looking to pick up some bull pen help before the trade deadline. They are looking strong at Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Roberto Hernandez as well as some other pitchers. Suring up the bullpen will go a long way in helping the Yankees make a run at the AL East division title.
 
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