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Good blog. Short and to the point. This makes me feel better about us trading Gabbard.

Seriously. Assuming Lester develops a little more control and pitch efficiency.

Yeah. They'll probably have Tavares or someone else in until Memorial Day, then they'll put Lester in the rotation.

I love Curt Schilling, but with the young guys we have, we aren't going to miss him.

(Of course we will love him forever for bringing us a World Series)

HOOOOORRRAAAAHHH!!!

I love Curt as a Red Sox pitcher. I hate Curt as a person. It'll be nice not to have to defend him anymore.

I was gonna pass this by, until the Hughes shot...

Yeah, Buchholz was a great talent, taken in the draft way below his talent level. Why? Attitude problems. In fact, he once stole 29 laptops from his high school and sold them on eBay (or maybe it was 30, around there I know). We have Phil Hughes, who is at least an equal pitcher without the larceny habits.

Actually, I'd say the Yankees have the best young pitchers in the Majors and Minors combined (Wang, Kennedy, Hughes, Chamberlain, Wright, others), except for maybe the Minnesota Twins (Liriano, Garza, Neshek, and Santana if you want to count him).

Anyways, kudos to Buchholz. I don't like the guy, but throwing a no-no is a great accomplishment, let alone in your 2nd career start, and he deserves the praise for his skill.

To quote Phil Anselmo
IT'S TIME TO RISE!
Wow, what a game. Nice to feel excited about the Sox again, got that playoff feeling, even if its against the o's. Maybe pennant race fever is taking over.

The Hughes shot was a joke, Yankeeslifer. Ask anyone on here and they know I'm no Yankee-hater.

I'm not going to turn this into a "who has better young pitchers" debate. I'm gonna let the performances speak for themselves.

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YANKEES SUCK!
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It was my duty as a Yankees fan, hyper, I couldn't help myself.

Anyways, I gave Buchholz kudos he most certainly deserves. By the way, that list for the average age of your next year starting pitching...is that ages now or ages this time next year, or ages opening day next year?

Opening day next year.

Beckett: 28
Dice-K: 27
Wakefield: 41
Buchholz: 23
Lester: 24

Yankees pride, the tradition of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMagio, Mantle, Martin, Bera, Reggie, etc. "We're playing for the wild card"?
Grab your cajones and get it on

Here are the Opening Day ages of the Yankees starters next year (ages in parentheses): Wang (28, turned it on Mar 31), Pettitte (35), Hughes (21), Chamberlain (22), Ian Kennedy (23).

Average age: 25.8. Actually abilities of the rotations are close though, I'd give you the slight edge, only because our guys are so inexperienced.

Okay, if we're gonna do this :)

Chamberlain: He has 2 dominatepitches and 2 that need work. He's not ready for the starting rotation. So either he starts next year in the minors or he stays in the pen. And I really see him as the closer of the future. Sign Mo to a 2 year deal and let Joba set-up for him and eventually take over. I think that makes sense.

Hughes: Has REALLY struggled this year. THe clearly wasn't as ready for the bigs as everyone thought and he might have been rushed back from his injury. Honestly, I think it'd be a smart move to send him back to the minors for more seasoning. But I know that that's not really a possibility with the playoff hunt.

And Mussina is signed through next year, so that should be an interesting story in the off-season.

Please sign Mo for two years
Please!

Also, sign Clemens for another 28 million while you have the contracts and pens handy, pretty please

C'mon, hyper, I said you had the edge. But if you want...

Chamberlain---Can't deny his ability and dominance. He only uses 2 pitches in relief because he needs to. He has the others, just isn't any point. And they're probably not at the same level (but still quite good, I've heard).

Hughes---Had a no-no going in his 2nd start (remind you of someone?), but had a very bad injury. Who's to say he isn't still recovering from it? He probably hasn't gone that long without pitching in his life.

I gotta go now, sorry.

And please don't read my comments as attacking or disparaging. I think the Yanks' 3 young guys (Chamberlain, Hughes and Kennedy) have a lot of promise. But counting on them for 3/5 of the rotation next year seems a little much.