I brought up the possibilty of instead of Beltran the Yankees should go get some pitching.
Mussina - not an ace declining
Brown- great pitcher, staying the same
Vazquez- should only get better
Loaiza- this guy sucks
Hernadez- can he keep this up? probably injury prone though
If you look at the staff of the Yankees it isn't great, but it still is decent enough to compete in October. The Yankee have a ton of "names". Brown, Vazquez, and Hernadez are the Yankees 1-2-3. Does that really scare you? They'd be better off letting someone else sign Beltan, and getting 2 pitchers such as the best young lefty in Odalis Perez (the Sox should definatly pursue this guy), and a Clement or Pavano. The Yankees have a superb offense, and a decent bullpen, but that starting rotation is the Achillies heel.