The easiest thing to do...

is to start giving up on this team.

Let's be fair: Three of the guys who got big raises aren't performing (Arod, Cano, Posada (even when he was healthy)).

But it's also still April. And April has rarely ever been a Yankee month (why, I don't know, but it hasn't).

Let's also be patient with Hughes and Kennedy -- I did think Ian would be more consistent than this, but he hasn't yet. Both are suffering from trusting their stuff I would guess. Either way, they aren't getting any help from the offense either -- and when your team scores runs, that takes pressure of the SP. But in close games, or games where they're trailing (which seems to be everyday now), that's added pressure these two don't need.

If you thought the season would be a cakewalk, you were misinformed. Joe G has some decisions to make though - specifically with certain 1b players who simply aren't producing. What bothers me most, is the number of bases loaded opportunities (and subsequent failures) they've had -- though I would hope that the law of averages would even that out.

On a sidenote, those 'frothing' at the mouth should consider the record of Justin Verlander here in Detroit -- an Ace, #1 starter, top gun -- whatever you want to call him, he's currently sporting a nifty 7.03 ERA and an 0-3 record -- and CC Sabathia, 0-3 and a sparkling 13+ ERA.