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The New York Yankees' bullpen has been all-around fantastic this season, includingA expectedlyA strong performances from Mariano Rivera , David Robertson , Boone Logan , and even Rafael Soriano .

Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia continued their strong performance at the plate in recent games with a pair of two-run homers to lead the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory over the Yankees on Thursday night at Rogers Centre.

Now, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com , David Robertson will be put on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain.

I enjoyed doing random thoughts so much last Friday, I thought I'd do a whole posting of them this time----- * Well the Yankees continued to win games and lose players.

YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 5 BALTIMORE - Mark Teixeira may have heard boos in the Bronx Sunday, but there were plenty of cheers for him in his hometown Monday night.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer . He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

The ninth inning has become more "interesting" for the Yankees. David Robertson has had mixed results in place of Mariano Rivera.

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David Robertson was shaky in his first save of the season on Tuesday night against the Rays , but he completely failed to record the save on Wednesday night.

What's new: The Yankees have recovered nicely since getting swept in the season-opening series by the Rays, though they lost closer Mariano Rivera, likely for the year, to a torn ACL.

Rochester and declared himself ready for the MLB. Pettitte threw 92 pitches, 59 of which were strikes, and surrendered three earned runs in five innings.

Feel sorry for Mariano Rivera. He is one of the game's great people as well as the undisputed greatest closer of all time.

And it's great knowing there are three guys in the bullpen who can lock down opposing teams in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.

If David Robertson is indeed auditioning for Mariano Rivera's job then it can't go much better than this: He is performing like Mariano Rivera.

Bronson Arroyo made thirty-two starts last season, Andrew Miller , Kyle Weiland , and Tim Wakefield started important games down the stretch for the Red Sox , and the Yankees are going to give Phil Hughes every opportunity to cling to the rotation.