When went out to Baltimore on May 21st he looked gassed by the fifth inning. The next time up against Kansas City he gave up 7 runs in another 5 inning effort. For his last start against Boston, he struck out 8 but was only able to go 3.2 innings.
Before this string of starts that has ranged from terrible to mediocre at best, Domingo German was the king of New York. In his first 50.1 innings pitched he had a 2.50 ERA and held opponents to a .179 AVG and .533 OPS. In that time the Yankees were 8 – 1 in games he started.