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Well said. But Gom, even if you don't like Hughes, I'd still like to know who you would rather have in the rotation?

Honestly, who needs a good OBP or SLG when you have someone who works hard and tries his best?

The first thing you said is something that I completely agree with. Chamberlain is a perfect fit to be a reliever because he has two exceptional pitches. Don't get me wrong, I want him to be a starter in the long run, but he is going to have to develope a much better changeup if he wants to be effective in a starting role.

I think the ROY is clearly based on individual performance, and team performance should not be factored in.

I would worry about the Yanks getting in, before we start to worry about who they're going to play.

The fact that he is their number one target is pretty funny.

I won't even bother to argue about Hughes anymore, so I'll just say that Mariner fans are probably saying the same thing about Washburn pitching today. Washburn since the ASB: 1-6 record, 5.55 ERA, 58.1 IP I know the Yankees tend to struggle against lefties, but if the Yankees continue to click after last night, I don't see Jarrod shutting them down.

Gom, Kilo isn't saying that Wang is a poor pitcher, all he is saying is that you don't see many pitchers who are successful that do not get many strikeouts. Therefore, Wang is an enigma.

I need to see more of Kennedy and I'm really looking forward to his start on Friday. I missed the entire game on Saturday (at the US Open), but from what I saw on the Encore, there is definitely promise. From what I saw in his debut, and from everything I've read on him, it sounds like he does not throw exceptionally hard and relies heavily on his location. Like most pitchers, if his location isn't sharp, he is going to get hit (see second inning Saturday). On top of that, whether his location is sharp or not, he needs to get his offspeed stuff over, or it allows the opposing hitters to sit on his fastball, which is anything but overpowering. He seems to have a common arsenal (fastball, curveball, slider, changeup). His offspeed stuff obviously needs work, but he seems further along with his changeup then someone like Hughes. That is a key factor for me, because I'm a big proponent of working off your fastball with a changeup. You can't argue with his minor league statistics, and his quick rise to the majors, so I'm very curious to see how he does the rest of this season, and how he progresses during spring training in 2008. As for Sanchez, I'm not too familiar. I understand that he throws quite fast, but I also understand that he has a history of arm injuries. At this point, he's probably better suited to be a reliever, but I'm not going to make any predictions until I see how well he recovers from his arm injury.

Unfortunately, Schilling beat the Yanks when it counted. On top of that, he clearly wasn't 100% healthy that night. Anyway, big game for the Yanks tonight. Wang-Ramirez

Yeah, I heard the same thing. With or without Clemens the rotation is full of big question marks.

This thread was about the pitchers who were listed (not Pedroia, Okajima, and Ellsbury). If you want to discuss positional players and non-farm system products, then we would have to bring up guys such as Cano and Cabrera to make a fair judgement. I don't see how you can say advantage Red Sox without even bringing up the Yankee guys besides the first sentence.

Believe me, of all the Yankee fans on this board I think I "stir up the least crap". I try to be quite fair and objective when it comes to the Yankees and the Red Sox. As for my comments, I said what I said because I thought you were disregarding a statistic which is a very good tool for determining a team's future performance. If you do have a total understand for pyth., then my apologies, but it is also my believe that pyth. is a very useful stat.

(per Peter Abraham's blog) Roger Clemens just told us that his season is not over and his elbow problem can be treated. He is headed for Houston tomorrow to be examined by his own doctors and to receive a cortisone shot. He will definitely miss his next start. What happens beyond that is uncertain at this point, but Clemens said several times he will pitch again this season. We haven’t had a chance to speak to Joe Torre or Brian Cashman, so the information is incomplete at this point. But as of now, that’s what is known. More to come later.

So you're taking a shot at people who enjoy viewing baseball from a statistical point of view simply because you don't understand their principles and ideas?

In terms of your point about the Yankees, I agree with the last thing you said but not first. They can certainly put some distance between themselves and the Mariners, but I really think their toughest competition down the stretch will come from the Tigers.

lol, well, last time I checked I'm not on the payroll.