April Slumps Bring May Grumps

The Yankees were basically unwatchable the last two nights and finished up April at 14-15. We'll be holding our breath tonight with Ian Kennedy on the mound and the Rangers trying to stave off elimination in the NHL playoffs. Not to mention Claire's possible imminent demise on LOST.

The April numbers are not pretty...

Player		G		AB		R		H		2B		3B		HR		RBI		BB		K		SB		CS		AVG		OBP		SLG		OPS
Chad Moeller		6		20		5		7		2		0		1		3		3		4		0		0		.350		.435		.600		1.035
Hideki Matsui		26		90		10		29		5		0		4		13		13		10		0		0		.322		.425		.511		.936
Jorge Posada		18		63		8		19		6		1		1		11		3		11		0		0		.302		.333		.476		.810
Melky Cabrera		27		87		15		26		2		0		5		12		11		14		3		0		.299		.370		.494		.864
Álex Rodrígueza>		24		91		14		26		7		0		4		11		6		19		1		0		.286		.343		.495		.838
Derek Jetera>		23		94		9		26		3		2		0		14		2		7		0		1		.277		.303		.351		.654
Johnny Damon		28		98		19		27		10		1		3		12		18		18		4		1		.276		.385		.490		.874
Alberto González		10		22		3		6		2		0		0		1		3		2		0		0		.273		.360		.364		.724
Bobby Abreu		28		108		12		29		4		1		3		16		8		24		1		2		.269		.319		.407		.726
Morgan Ensberg		13		43		4		10		0		0		1		3		2		12		0		0		.233		.267		.302		.569
José Molina		17		52		4		12		7		0		0		2		0		5		0		0		.231		.231		.365		.596
Jason Giambi		23		73		13		12		3		0		5		13		15		11		1		1		.164		.315		.411		.726
Shelley Duncan		5		13		3		2		1		0		0		0		4		2		0		0		.154		.353		.231		.584
Wilson Betemit		6		13		0		2		0		0		0		1		0		7		0		0		.154		.214		.154		.368
Robinson Canó		29		106		6		16		3		0		2		7		7		14		0		2		.151		.211		.236		.446
Kyle Farnsworth		1		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		.000		.000		.000		.000
Chris Stewart		1		3		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		1		0		0		.000		.000		.000		.000
Total				976		125		249		55		5		29		119		95		161		10		7		.255		.326		.411		.737

Player		G		GS		W		L		SV		CG		SHO		IP		H		R		ER		HR		BB		K		ERA		WHIP		BAA
Mariano Rivera		10		0		0		0		8		0		0		11.0		4		0		0		0		0		11		0.00		0.36		.111
Edwar Ramírez		3		0		0		0		0		0		0		4.1		3		0		0		0		1		5		0.00		0.92		.188
Joba Chamberlain		10		0		1		1		0		0		0		11.1		8		2		2		0		3		14		1.59		0.97		.195
Brian Bruney		9		1		1		0		1		0		0		11.1		7		2		2		2		6		12		1.59		1.15		.175
Jonathan Albaladejo		4		0		0		0		0		0		0		8.2		6		2		2		0		3		8		2.08		1.04		.194
Chien-Ming Wang		6		6		5		0		0		1		0		39.0		35		14		14		1		11		27		3.23		1.18		.235
Andy Pettitte		6		6		3		3		0		0		0		36.2		41		19		16		5		11		20		3.93		1.42		.289
Kyle Farnsworth		12		0		0		1		0		0		0		13.1		15		6		6		4		5		14		4.05		1.50		.300
Billy Traber		11		0		0		0		0		0		0		8.0		9		4		4		1		5		6		4.50		1.75		.290
Mike Mussina		6		6		3		3		0		0		0		32.1		36		18		17		7		5		12		4.73		1.27		.288
Ross Ohlendorf		10		0		0		1		0		0		0		20.0		21		12		12		1		9		20		5.40		1.50		.266
LaTroy Hawkins		13		0		1		0		0		0		0		15.2		18		13		13		2		7		7		7.47		1.60		.305
Ian Kennedy		5		4		0		2		0		0		0		19.0		23		18		18		1		17		15		8.53		2.11		.307
Phil Hughes		6		6		0		4		0		0		0		22.0		34		23		22		2		13		13		9.00		2.14		.362
Total						14		15		9		1		0		252.2		260		133		128		26		96		184		4.56		1.41		.269

As for hitting with runners in scoring position...they have the 3rd worst average, .240, in the American League.

Abreu .375
Betemit .333
Cabrera .235
Cano .121
Damon .300
Duncan .200
Ensberg .214
Giambi .091
Gonzalez .200
Jeter .455
Matsui .235
Moeller .250
Molina .222
Rodriguez .130

Obviously the biggest killers have been A-Rod, Giambi, and Cano. We expect A-Rod's numbers to come up pretty rapidly, but there are definitely concerns about the other two.

The team is slumping in general right now. Abreu is 3-21, Molina 0-19, Jeter 4-16, Cano 2-25, Giambi 1-14. The team average, .255, is 9th best in the AL, and they're 10th in runs scored with 129. Again, too many of the runs are coming via the home run. Their total of 29 is tied for 3rd base in the AL.

On the bright side, the Yankees defense has only committed 15 errors in 29 games.

Here's to the start of May.