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| Remember how bad things were for the Yankees six months ago at Park? Derek Jeter was in New York awaiting ankle surgery, Alex Rodriguez found himself on the bench and Robinson Cano was lost at the plate.
Total disarray, and the resulting sweep at the hands of the Tigers brought an almost merciful end to what felt inevitable by that point.
That was supposed to be rock-bottom for the AL East champs. We've now discovered, four games into the regular season, it wasn't even close.
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And no, the middle-aged man was not wearing a Yankees cap.
The Tigers were better than the Yankees in October, and they're still better. Way better, actually, thanks to the offseason addition of , the return to health of and the crushing combo of Fielder and Triple Crown winner . "Any one of them can do major damage at any time," Cano said. "Even the little guys can hit a home run."
Cano didn't specify, but next to Cabrera and Fielder, everyone else on the Tigers would be considered a "little guy." Their No. 8 hitter, Alex Avila, took Shawn Kelley about 25 rows deep into the rightfield seats in the sixth.
The home opener at Park was a party, and guess who was the pi~nata?
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As long as Nu~nez is out, Jayson Nix will get the call at short. But said Cervelli now is his backup infielder, and he didn't appear to be joking. After the Tigers whacked his ragtag crew around, it really wasn't that kind of vibe.
"Well, you can't lose everybody," said.
Says who? There was always the chance that Jeter wouldn't be ready for the start of the season, and to hear rewind the captain's rehab clock even further yesterday wasn't surprising. But no one could have imagined the prolonged absences of Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira. As for A-Rod, we've stopped trying to figure out his timeline.
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But the reality, when going toe-to-toe with a legit World Series contender like the Tigers, is something different -- and that's not a knock on Girardi, or any of the players just trying to fill a few of this team's gaping holes.
Kevin Youkilis even supplied a brief 3-2 edge with his first Yankees homer in the fifth, but the lead didn't even survive the inning, and the Tigers turned a tight game into a blowout by torching Girardi's bullpen for three home runs.
This visit to Comerica is startingto remind us of the last one. Obviously, there's not as much at stake. But the Yankees are reeling, and with the roster in its current state, they can't help but feel overmatched. Up next is Max Scherzer, followed by Justin Verlander in the series finale, and that's not chicken soup for what's ailing the Yankees.
Brian Cashman made the late call Friday to reroute Phil Hughes from a rehab start for Triple-A Scranton to returning to the rotation Saturday against the Tigers. That allows the Yankees to have David Phelps as insurance for a tired bullpen. With the way things have been going lately, odds are they'll need it.
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