Okay, Maybe It's Time To Worry

So CC Sabathia gave up five home runs in a game. So he gave up five runs.

Wait. WHAT? 5 HOME RUNS IN ONE GAME?

If this were an isolated incident, it wouldn't be that worrisome. But a man who was absolutely untouchable for most of the season has now been extremely touchable for three straight starts, since being brought back after two separate rain delays in one game. Apparently Joe Girardi didn't learn his lesson after doing roughly the same thing to pitchers during his brief Florida Marlins stewardship and seeing them come down with injuries not long after.

This is not to say that CC is injured. The Yankees have not indicated any concern about his health, and Sabathia has not said anything is bothering him. He's probably NOT injured. But he might be tiring. And at this time of the year, that's not great.

I've said it before, but it might not be an awful idea to keep the 6-man rotation going for a while, give CC and Colon an extra day of rest along the way. Yes, he had that extra day before the 5-HR game, but it was one try through the rotation, and maybe another would help. There's still a very comfortable lead in the wild card race, a very small distance to the Red Sox in first for the division lead, and a good few weeks left in the season. A little experimentation to get the only legitimate ace on the staff back to his previous pace can't hurt.