J.A. Happ can’t start another game for the Yankees. After providing 30 mostly awful starts in 2019, Happ has continued his decline by laying two eggs to begin 2020. In two starts, Happ has only been pitched seven innings, while allowing eight earned runs, eight walks and three home runs.

The Yankees need to stop thinking Happ is going to get better and figure it out. He’s not. It’s time to put him in the bullpen and give his rotation spot to someone with the ability to get major league hitters out and someone with a future with the team.

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Will the Yankees ever lose again? Yes, they will, but right now it doesn’t feel like. And they certainly weren’t going to lose with Gerrit Cole on the mound against a Phillies team that hasn’t played in a week.

In his third start as a Yankees, Cole didn’t have his best stuff and hasn’t had it yet with New York. Despite this, he’s 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA. Brett Gardner proved the super baseballs are still in play as he hit an opposite-field home run, a feat that seemed impossible for him prior to the change in the ball and Gio Urshela hit his third home run of the season. Aaron Boone tried to make it a game after the rain delay by choosing not to go to his elite relievers right away for the final nine outs, even with the Yankees having an off day on Tuesday because of inclement weather.

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The Yankees have now won six straight games after sweeping the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium to improve to 7-1 on the season. Aaron Judge homered twice more as he now has has an astounding six home runs and 14 RBIs in eight games.

Mike Hurley of CBS Boston joined me to talk about the Red Sox’ abysmal starting pitching, watching this Red Sox team for a full season, revisiting the team’s decision to not sign Mookie Betts, the career progression of Rafael Devers and decline of Andrew Benintendi.

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Another game, another win for the Yankees as their winning streak is now at five games after their 5-2 win over the Red Sox. Masahiro Tanaka was OK in his season debut, which was limited due to a pitch count, but Aaron Judge homered for the fourth straight game and Gio Ursheal hit the Yankees’ second grand slam in three nights to power the offense. The Yankees got 6 1/3 innings of two-hit, shutout pitching from the trio of Luis Avilan, Nick Nelson and David Hale to stifle the Red Sox.

It was announced that Tommy Kahnle will undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season and likely his Yankees tenure, but the Yankees might have found their next elite bullpen arm on Saturday night.

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The Yankees finally had their home opener on Friday night against the Red Sox and they didn’t disappoint. Jordan Montgomery proved the Yankees have another viable starting pitching option after the worrisome season debuts of James Paxton and J.A. Happ and the Yankees’ power was on display again with home runs from Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner, whose second-deck homer ended his hitless streak.

The Yankees 5-1 win was their fourth straight, and given how bad this Red Sox team is, the Yankees should beat up on them all season. The Red Sox’ lineup still boasts J.D. Martinez, Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts, but after that, there’s not much. (Andrew Benintendi is part of the not much.) As for their pitching staff … well, it’s right there with the Orioles’.

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