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if you hate the Yankees so much why are you giving them 90 wins? They have NO PITCHING at all. I really don't see this team breaking 80-85 wins, remember the A-Rod Rangers, all hitters, didn't work then won't work now.

WAng, Hughs, Pettite, Kennedy, Mussina. That is better pitching than the Rangers ever had.

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The Red Sox are unlikely to approach 100 wins. 100 wins has becomes an exceptional feat in recent years.

BS, you're crazy if you see no pitching whatsoever. The bullpen is "eh" but the rotation has the potential to be unbelievable.

i LOVE the know-nothings that continually claim the Yankees have no pitching. Fact, the Yankees have noone on Josh Beckett's level. Fact, Pettitte, Wang, Hughes are all better than anything the Sox put out on Day 2, including dice-K. You wanna play a numbers game? Look at dice-k's last year. You say Hughes wont get better and Joba being in the bullpen wont get them wins? Joba in the bullpen will win them more games than you can even comprehend. His record might not have double digit wins, but take a look at the sox when they had mike timlin closing games a few years ago. They blew about 20 games because of that bullpen, probably more. Get a clue, Yankee haters. Your not baseball fans your just crybaby haters.

Wang- 19-7 with a 3.70
Hughs- 5-3 with a 4.46
Kennedy- Pitched in 3 games EVER
Pettite- 15-9 with a 4.05
Mussina- 11-10 5.15

Hardly a super star cast here Willis. Add to that the Offense of the Yankees is getting a little old as well and you have a solid 2nd place finish.

Coletrain, see above, and stop drinking in the middle of the day.

yankee haters are so ugly. your not baseball fans you just find joy in bashing a good team. jump off the badwagon

We bash a team that is only as good as they are because they spend 20 million per on guys like Jason Giambi. If there was a salary cap in baseball, the Yankees would not have 26 World Series titles.

Yankee Haters? CP3 #2 (there already is a CP3MVP on this site), get over yourself and your team. Just b/c someone doesn't think the Yankees have the best team in the world every year doesn't make them a "Yankee Hater", the truth is your team went out and took every team in the MLB's sluggers a few years back. They gave up almost all of thier young talent to get those guys and now they are getting older and worse every year.

Hughes was injuried last year and Kennedy showed big potential. Wang will give you wins and Pettitte is Pettitte. A good 2nd half guy usually who is good in big games. Mussina is the weakest link. That is a solid group. It could be better but we'll see about that.

"Coletrain, see above, and stop drinking in the middle of the day."

Never! It helps.... :)

But there isnt, the Yankees pay a luxury tax just like the Dodgers, Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers, Angels and Cubs. What do the small market teams do with the money? Spend it on OTHER THINGS. Not the Yankees fault.

Pettite has lost it, ERA have been above 4 the past 2 years.

Mussina is well Pettite in about 2 years, a round of BP for the other team.

Wang is a solid #2 or #3 starter, NOT AN ACE

Kennedy pitched in 3 GAMES! and no way he showed the potential of Buchholtz.

I didn't bring up Buchholtz nor did I say Wang was an ace.

Kennedy showed he has good stuff and Hughes has alot of potential. I'm not saying this is the best rotation in baseball, not even in the AL. But I think they will be a solid group.

I see them winning the WC, not division.

And Pettitte had a 4.05 ERA last year. Not an ERA of a pitcher that lost it.

see now that I won't really argue. But to say that they have the potential to be amazing, eh, not so much.

What I honestly see is the Red Sox jumping out to a HUGE lead in the AL East just like last year, and by the All Star break making a move for an Ace on a team that is having a firesale.

That guy brings new life to the team, Jaba moves to the starting rotation (then back to the pen) and the Yankees battle out for a wild card spot for the rest of the season. (And if you ask me, the Wild Card will come from the Central)

And Pettitte had a 4.05 ERA last year. Not an ERA of a pitcher that lost it.

Coletrain | 02/25/08, 11:32 AM
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Not an ERA of a pitcher that has it either.

Good enough for the Yanks lol

Gotta run. Nice chat.

Always fun to talk MLB with you coletrain