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Originally Posted by dalakhani
On a positive note (the pinstripes are going to come out now) you have a big three now of Sabathia, Wang and joba. Hughes should be back and is probably going to get pretty good if he can stay healthy (operative IF). Now they are throwing money at Burnett. Thats a very solid pitching staff. The question is, why would you throw five years and 80 million on a guy thats 31, injury prone and most likely your number 5 pitcher?
Either way, this staff could easily be amongst the best. If everything goes perfectly, they will be THE best.
Now im hearing Melky for Mike Cameron? I guess they will take whatever they can get for melky now even if its another centerfielder that should no longer be playing center field.
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Joba is hardly a given and Hughes has yet to pitch 1/2 of a season. Burnett allows Joba to stay in the set up role while they figure out what to do with him. Burnett would be the 2nd best starter until proven otherwise or injured again. They still have question marks. CC is a given and Wang should be ok as is Burnett. But you are counting on hughes, kennedy and/or Joba giving you 500 innings and that is far from a given. Joba in the rotation makes the bullpen still a shaky option. The best situation is CC, Burnett, Wang, Hughes, and Kennedy as starters and Joba and Mariano closing the games out.
aging, declining outfielders are now a Yankee specialty.
12-11-2008, 02:10 PM
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