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Old 12-11-2008, 01:35 PM
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On a positive note (the pinstripes are going to come out now) you have a big three now of Sabathia, Wang and joba. Hughes should be back and is probably going to get pretty good if he can stay healthy (operative IF). Now they are throwing money at Burnett. Thats a very solid pitching staff. The question is, why would you throw five years and 80 million on a guy thats 31, injury prone and most likely your number 5 pitcher?

Either way, this staff could easily be amongst the best. If everything goes perfectly, they will be THE best.

Now im hearing Melky for Mike Cameron? I guess they will take whatever they can get for melky now even if its another centerfielder that should no longer be playing center field.
Joba belongs in the bullpen and is a huge question mark in the rotation. He's unhittable up to 45 pitches and is useless from there on out. Talk is they want Burnett (horrible move at 5 years) AND Lowe, Sheets, or Pettite. So at that point they could and should move Joba to the bullpen and let Hughes start as the #5 and see how he does behind an incredibly strong top four.
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:49 PM
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Joba belongs in the bullpen and is a huge question mark in the rotation. He's unhittable up to 45 pitches and is useless from there on out. Talk is they want Burnett (horrible move at 5 years) AND Lowe, Sheets, or Pettite. So at that point they could and should move Joba to the bullpen and let Hughes start as the #5 and see how he does behind an incredibly strong top four.


Burnett is a typical Yankee move. Buying the top for a guy who had a career year. Especially when he pitched against the Yanks. They love signing guys that played well against them. They did it with Giambi, Damon, Pavano. Now they are going to try to do it with Burnett. I think the guy has great stuff, but he is just too much of a injury risk for the amount of money and years that they want to give him. Here is his lines against the Yanks last year.

IP H R ER BB SO HR
A Burnett, W (1-0) 6 5 2 2 1 3 1
A Burnett, W (10-8) 8.1 6 1 1 1 8 1
A Burnett, W (16-9) 8 5 1 1 1 13 0
A Burnett, L (16-10) 8 7 2 2 1 8 0
A Burnett 8 7 2 1 2 11 0
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