I want to have an identity as a Yankee pitcher.

But he has the time and the talent to develop into the best of all the young Yankee pitchers who got away.

The Yankee pitcher, who is almost 41 years old, has not had a shoulder operation since he was 23.

In those five games, Yankees pitchers have allowed seven runs, an earned run average of 1.40.

Moreover, the Yankee pitchers got through the game without allowing a home run.

Last season, he was the only Yankee pitcher not to miss a turn in the starting rotation.

More important, perhaps, he caught all 25 innings, and the Yankees pitchers allowed only seven runs.

Arroyo, 22, is the son of a former Yankees pitcher with the same name.

Why don't Yankee pitchers regularly practice what they might even call their stroke?

The 20 runs and 22 hits were the most that Yankee pitchers have allowed in a game this season.