New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang has a win

by Matt Gelb

Chien-Ming Wang went 379 days in between victories, and for a pitcher who once won a total of 38 games over two seasons, it felt like forever.

He watched from the clubhouse as the Yankees bullpen preserved it. And the quiet Wang appeared as relaxed as he could be afterward.

"I waited too long," he said.

But Chien-Ming finally earned win No. 1 in 2009 with his effort Sunday against the Mets. It came in start No. 8 and it wasn't the finest 5 1/3 innings ever seen, but it could be the most important 16 outs of Wang's career.

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Does New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang deserve another chance in the starting rotation?

Chien-Ming Wang's position in the Yankees starting rotation grew more tenuous on Wednesday night, when the pitcher's general ineffectiveness over 2 2/3 brutal innings in a 6-5 loss to the Red Sox raised what's become a familiar question surrounding Wang this season: What now? What would you do?

Manager Joe Girardi was noncommittal about whether Wang would make his next scheduled start, leaving the door open for the Yankees to bump the right-hander from the rotation in favor of another pitcher, perhaps Phil Hughes.

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