Yankees Pitching Rotation Predictions

LeeHo wrote: I actually don't think the Red Sox look all that good on paper. Matsuzaka is a big question mark, Schilling is just a, well, dick, and his republican ass is old, Lester is coming back from chemo..........

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Yeah even as a Red Sox fan I agree Schilling as a republican born-again asshole.

I'd say the Red Sox pitching has thepossibility of being better than the Yanks. Matsuzaka is the question mark. Their hitting is just about as good. Injuries will be the deciding factor just as they were last year.

Cubs/Royals!

Yeah well, with baseball in teh state it's in now, the Royals are nothing more then a farm team. That can be said for a bunch of teams who each year have little chance.

Hey, WF

If the next 3 WS champs are all non-repeating teams would this be the first decade in baseball history for that to happen? (In other words, a different winning team for every year of the decade.)

Here's what I found out:

* From 1978 to 1987, no franchise won the World Series twice, the longest such streak. The second longest streak extends from 1982 to 1990, and the current streak of seven straight (2000 to 2006) is the third longest such streak.

* The 1915-1916 Red Sox and 1992-1993 Blue Jays are the only non-Yankee or non-A's American League teams to win two straight World Series.

* The 1907-1908 Cubs, 1921-1922 Giants and 1975-1976 Reds are the only National League teams to win back-to-back World Series.


Comments:
- Since the streak never reaches a complete decade, it looks like in the next couple of seasons someone's going to repeat. Obviously biased, I'm going to say it'll be the Yankees.

- Yanks and A's, eh? Pretty cool in my book.

- Ah, the Big Red Machine...saw 'em on TV with my Dad when I was a pup. Just plain awesome...

Um, yeah, ok.

I am hoping for Pavano to have a killer season.
I doubt it but it would be great.
If he gets 15 wins and can keep his ERA around 4.20 id be happy too.

Let's hope for the best:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070327&content_id=1861942&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

$195 million has to buy you something, right?

kaiserkai wrote:
Pavano looked good last time out but I am not buying into it until he does similarly for a few outings in a row.
Igawa, oh dear, where to start, one start is to early to label him a bust bit it wasnt pretty.
Wang will be back soon hopefully.

I'm no fan of Pavano's but let's have a little faith and hope for the best.

You're right, one start is not enough to determine Igawa's future--if A-Rod hadn't grand-slammed Igawa would've been the goat in that one, regardless--but people are looking at the money involved and the much different outcome of his Red Sox counterpart's lone outing.

Agreed. But once the offense calms down a bit--like last night--the pitching can't keep their end of the bargain. For now, I hope.

Btw, nice Willie Mays imitation by Jeter on the field last night. Very cool.

lets revive this one again.
Boy do we need some pitching improvements.
Theyre bringing up Hughes for Thursdays game, guessing in an effort to avoid Wright to have to face the Sox again over the weekend.

The offense is actually clicking scoring a lot of runs per game, but if you give up more that doesnt matter much.....

Lets hope this stabilizes soon.

kaiserkai wrote: Can you have any more bad luck when it comes to starting pitching?

Guess we'll see what this team is made of at the end of this season.
I have never seen that many starting pitchers go down in that short a period of time.

I hope this isn't those f@#*s in Boston reversing the curse, as a buddy and fellow Yankee fan suggested last night. That or some real bad karma. I mean, what's the deal?

kaiserkai wrote: Silver lining was that Hughes really showed that he belongs in the majors. That was an impressive outing.

Absolutely.
A no-hitter for 6 1/3? Sure, Texas' bats haven't been exactly burning lately, but still.

You are entitled to your opinion but would you have said the same about the Red Sox if their vanity deal to Clemens--not needing him they would've expanded the starting roster to six and offered comparable money for him to pitch on Sundays only--had gone through? Doubt it. What if the Yankees had offered that deal? Steinbrenner would've been burned in effigy for sure. At least the Yankees need a pitcher and NO ONE is willing to give up what they have in a deal. Cashman has been on the phone all over the league looking and decent starting pitching is so scarce that teams are hanging on desperately to scrubs.


Yes, the NYY are the most reviled. They are also the most loved. Not many Orioles fans in MO, Red Sox fans in TX or A's fans in FL, are there? Yankee fans are all over the world, let alone over the US. (And I'm not talking about those that wear Yankee hats as an accessory. I'm talking about people timing their vacations to coincide with baseball season so they can come to the Bronx and see their team play.)

You want to hate the Yankees? Fine, that you're right. But be fair. That's all.

Oiseau wrote: The Yankees have once again shown exactly why they are the #1 most hated sports franchise in the world with the $28 million for one year signing of 45-year old Roger Clemens.

I can only hope the old men on the Yankees continually get hurt and that they finish near the bottom of the AL East.

Have proven IMO that they not only represent all that is wrong with baseball, but all that is wrong with America.