Given Clippard's recent track record -- including Friday, he has allowed 15 earned runs over his past 10 appearances (16.20 ERA) -- manager Joe Girardi's decision to go with and leave him in the game reveals just how broken the Yankees' bullpen has been.
Adam Warren and Chad Green were unavailable, Girardi said, and he wanted to refrain from using Luis Cessa, who ended up coming in to pitch the last two innings anyway. The Yanks' bullpen was thin, even coming after an off-day.
"They told me they were going to try and stay away from me yesterday," Warren said before Saturday's game.