Joe Girardi Needs to Let CC Sabathia Be CC Sabathia and Let Him Pitch

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Not that the Yankees will not have an adequate replacement in Alfredo Aceves or Phil Hughes if CC is not allowed to pitch, but it is more important for Girardi to have Sabathia on the hill against the Mets.

Joe Girardi NEEDS Sabathia on the mound and he needs him to be the horse for which he was brought to New York.

During this time of the season, you can not worry about how pitchers will be in September. You need to win games now.

Supposedly already on the hot seat (which I think is ridiculous), Girardi is caught in the same situation that Washington Nationals manager, Manny Acta, was in last week.

Facing a firing, Acta needed to win games immediately and was caught between protecting his young starters with pitch counts or letting small leads get blown by the inept Nationals bullpen. A bullpen, mind you, which had begun to pitch pretty well up until Tuesday night’s debacle against the Red Sox.

After his bullpen blew the first game against the Yankees, Acta chose to go deeper with his starter in game two. Game three saw his starter go 6.1 shutout innings before he called for help.

The Nats won both games and Acta has yet to be fired.

Will Girardi let Sabathia pitch on Friday, and if so, will Girardi let CC go deep?

There is already speculation that the recent bicep soreness is because Girardi let CC go 122 pitches in an April game, CC's third start of the season.

Will Girardi avoid getting the axe in New York and let Sabathia go 120+ pitches again?

It might not be his call, but if Girardi is allowed make the call, come this Friday, he needs to hitch his biggest horse to his own managerial wagon. He needs to let CC Sabathia be CC Sabathia, the same pitcher he was for the Milwaukee Brewers in the second half last season.

If Girardi babies his stud pitcher and worries about injury and how CC will be in September, the Yankees will continue this decline and General Joe might not be around for CC's final few starts of the season.

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