Archive for February 27th, 2008

Starting Rotation; Wang scouting report

Yea…  maybe the baseball gods will look kindly on him and the Yankees will have a great season and he can coast to something special.  Probably not.
I agree on Hughes.  I’m trying to contain my enthusasim for him. 
Wang needs another pitch to keep hitters honest.  There’s no question in my mind that if he can [...]

Starting Rotation

I would generally agree with the numbers you have there. I have a feeling that Hughes may become the #2 starter this year. That being behind #1 Pettitte (see below). I’m hoping for 15+ wins out of him. I’m very optomistic.
I have had a bad feeling about Wang since early September [...]

Starting Rotation

How does everyone feel about it?  It’s early in spring but is it unreasonable to assume the following:
Wang – 18 victories; Pettitte – 15 victories, Hughes – 14 victories, Kennedy – 10 victories, Mussina – 10 victories = 67.
They only got like 62 or 63 victories out of their rotation last year. 
But, you figure slight [...]