The Yankees Report

Welcome back to your weekly dose of all things Yankee.

It was not a good week for the Yankees. They end the week at 3 wins and 4 losses. So what's right, what's wrong and what needs to happen next. Let's take a spin and find out.

Grading The New Additions:

Xavier Nady - In the nine games since he started Nady has a .400 BA with 12 hits and 4 HR's. Grade - A.

Richie Sexson - In 15 games Sexson has had only 5 hits, mostly in relief and has a .276 BA. Grade - C.

Ivan Rodriguez - In 4 games Pudge has only had 3 hits and is batting .231 However he has been great behind the plate. Still to early though so I will give this a Grade - C as well.

Damaso Marte - In 5 games Marte is 0-1 with an eye-popping 11.57 ERA! His play has not been that good over these 4.1 innings. Grade - F!

Injuries - Joba went down and the Dr. is still out on this injury. He blew it in the 5th inning last night before going out holding his shoulder. Cano sat out a few games due to being plunked on the wrist this week.

Pitching - Joba has gone down with an unknown injury. Rasner has been sent to the bullpen after being given a long leash and not performing too well as a starter of late. His slot is being filed by 1-3 Dan Giese.

Hitting - Giambi shaved the mustache and had a great run at the plate last night. Cano, Nady, A-Rod, etc are having a good run right now but collectively did not produce the needed run support this week to bring in some more victories.

Conclusion - The Yankees need to step it up the rest of this year The Devil Rays are on a tear this year and the Red Sox are winning just enough games to stay ahead of the Yanks in the Wild Card Race. The Yanks need to put together another W streak to have a realistic chance at the post season. It's not time to panic yet but the W's need to happen more than they did this week.

Until next time I remain Your Yankee Beat Writer.