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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Mussina is a #2 on any other contending team.
Vasquez? He might be their best pitcher.
Brown? I bet a case of Boone's Farm that his arm falls off by July.
Contreras? Holy shit what a waste of money. Decent #4
Lieber? Pretty good pre-surgery pitcher. Time will tell. Huge toss-up but ok #5
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I'm not sure I see a point in your post. Last year we had NO number one starter*. This year, I bet either Brown or Vasquez step into that spot. Wells fell apart because he's fat and lazy. Contreras adjusted to the players' ability in this league to lay off pitches out of the strike zone and when he did, he was impressive. But, yeah, we overpaid. We always overpay. Brown may fall apart, but if he doesn't, he's proven that he can take a team to the series and pitch well once he gets there. Besides, Torre will take it easy on him since our bullpen is so strong this year.
The fact is, our pitching staff is just better this year than it was last year.
TM
* Don't say Pettitte was our number one starter because he had 21 wins. He is not, has never been and never will be a number one starter on a good team. He has pitched well in the playoffs, but never when he leads off a series. He's best when you're down a game or two (which you might argue is more valuable, but that doesn't change the point).
PS: Although, it wanders a bit, this is a good read (not baseball related):
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/ryder/040113.html
