Next Up: the New York Yankees.

Since it's been awhile and there are some new faces...

Andy Pettitte goes tomorrow for the Yankees. As of late, Pettitte has really been doing well. In his last four starts, he's given up three runs. Lefties still have trouble touching Pettitte but righties do have success against him.

Darrell Rasner is the righty brought up to replace Ian Kennedy. He throws a low nineties fastball, a curve ball, and a change up. None of it is truly excellent but he does have very good control to help even it out. He's not a big strike out guy and he gives up a good number of hits but he's not easily rattled by base runners. He started off really well in May but has hit a rough patch as of late.

Mike Mussina is the scheduled pitcher for Saturday. After a rough start to the season, Mussina has recently settled into something closer to his usual self. Mussina is vulnerable to righties (Manny in particular, though with the way Manny's been hitting it probably won't be to his advantage.) They hit Mussina really well back in April (at a .405 clip) but it took him awhile to get his old bones rolling this year.

On Sunday night's ESPN game Joba Chamberlain/Dan Geise takes the mound. Chamberlain's conversion to a starter has worked out well for the Yankees. He's exhibited some control problems recently (he's made five starts and twice not made it to the fifth because of his pitch count) but even with the extra zip he's had to take off the fastball to enable himself to throw more of them, he's still a big strike out guy. Lefties have had more success against him. If Chamberlain should find himself in trouble early, then his wingman, Dan Geise, generally takes over. Geise throws a fastball, a curve ball, and a slider. He's got very good control.

Hidecki Matsui is out of the lineup with a bum knee and was replaced with Brett Gardner. Gardner is a speedster but had significant trouble getting his first major league hit. Giambi, who earlier in the season seemed unable to get a hit off anyone but Timlin, has since come out guns blazing. Melky Cabrera has gotten off to a dismal start this year. The fact that they're still carrying three catchers (even though Posada has been back for almost a month) is interesting-it might signify a belief that his shoulder isn't 100% or it might not.