Kei Igawa is NO GOOD! It’s that plain and simple. He gave up six runs on eleven hits in three-plus innings. I’m not sure if Ian Kennedy would’ve done any better but I’m going to say at least he would’ve lasted until the fifth inning.

I’m sure many Yankee fans share my frustration. Manager Joe Girardi shared his frustration with the media after the game last night.

“He couldn’t get a breaking ball over, whether it was his changeup or slider,” Girardi said. “They were basically able to focus in on one pitch. It’s not pitching like he’s capable of pitching. We need him to pitch with all his weapons.”

I’m not sure Igawa has any weapons at all. If anything, the way he pitches you would think he was sent by the other team as a spy. Ok, that’s a little far fetched, even for me, but you get the point.

I don’t like this guy and I don’t like his style. He’s afraid to challenge hitters and everything he throws over the plate gets tattooed all over the ballpark. He was a bad investment and I don’t think he will ever turn out to be any good. Why GM Brian Cashman didn’t send him to the Padres last season is beyond me.

What makes this start even more laughable is that Igawa thought he was ok.

“The result is part of baseball,” Igawa said through his interpreter. “It can happen in any game at any time. The next thing I would like to work on is getting more strikeouts.”

That’s great because he had no strikeouts.

The Yankees made a late inning comeback…or at least tried to. Down 6-2 in the ninth inning, they were able to make it 6-5 and have the tying run at second base and the go-ahead run at first. With Shelley Duncan at the plate, he made solid contact, that at first made you think he might’ve tied the game but it turned out to just be a flyout to left-center to end the game.

Wilson Betemit was also a guy the Yankees can fault for losing last night’s game. He misplayed a few groundballs at third base that led to Detroit’s onslaught in the early innings. To be fair, the Yankees couldn’t get a hit with runners in scoring position again…until the ninth inning. Too little, too late.

Igawa’s turn in the rotation is next Wednesday when the Yanks visit Tampa Bay. Let’s keep our fingers crossed Kennedy makes another brilliant start so he can get his spot back. And you thought it couldn’t get any worse than Kennedy. Did we forget about Igawa and how awful he is?? Apparently so did the Yankees. One would think they would give another shot on Wednesday but if he bombs, Kennedy will be on his way to the Bronx in a hurry.