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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
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).
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My point was that the Yankees rotation isn't as good as people think it is. It has the
potential of being a great rotation, but a lot of things have to fall in place for that to happen. My other point(s) was/were one you agree with: that Mussina isn't a #1. I've never thought Pettitte was a #1. Decent #2, given his ERA, but not a great #2.
Oakland, Boston, the Cubs and maybe even Seattle have better starting pitching than the Yankees given the probablity of injury to Brown and the unpredictability of Lieber's comeback.
Edited to add that I'm a White Sox fan, a team that can't even keep a grip on Bartolo Colon's giant fat ass, so feel free to knock our rotation. They deserve it.
