Girardi made some suspect moves during this weekend's sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays, but no reliever is getting burned out on his watch.
Joe Girardi wasn't exactly the most popular man in the Bronx this past weekend as the Yankees dropped their first series since June and saw their AL East lead drop to 1.5 games over the retooled and surging Toronto Blue Jays. Girardi took heat for a few of his pitching calls, namely using rookie Branden Pinder against the heart of the Jays' order in the tenth inning on Friday night and leaving Ivan Nova in with the bases loaded in the sixth on Saturday in his first 100-pitch outing of the year.