Read this morning some Mussina comments on his status. He was grateful to be allowed to try out for a starting rotation slot. That’s a paraphrase but that was the message. That seems rather modest. Maybe these new arms are the real thing and Moose sees his future as cloudy.

As to win projection, is Girardi a quick hook or a work yourself out of trouble guy ( I believe the latter ). The starters will get more total decisions if the latter, W or L. I see Russ is focusing on Hughes, and correctly so, he is key. I think we have seen the historical best already from all our other starters.