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February 17, 2004
Red Sox Nation Ridiculousness
I really don't get the Nation. Somehow this one trade has made people think that they were going to easily beat the Yankees to we have no chance and the evil empire has struck again. If _ONE_ player is going to make a team so great, WHY have the Rangers been buried in the bottom half of the standings the last few years? Yes, he is good, but I don't think he is good enough for people to be this nervous. The Yankees have a VERY lacking pitching staff this year. Even if they get Maddux (which seems to be suffering from conflicting report syndrome right now), they still have a VERY weak pitching staff. They lost _THREE_ of their best starters. Getting one 38 year old guy to replace those three is not going to do it. People just need to CHILL out and enjoy the amazing team the Red Sox have put together this year and not worry about the one or two guys the Yankees have picked up. Think about all the names they have lost: Andy Pettitte, David Wells, Roger Clemens, Nick Johnson, Alfonso Soriano. And don't forget Boone with the injury. Their staff is a bit disceminated, I don't think the suicide watch needs to begin just yet.
Posted by Skadz at February 17, 2004 10:03 PM
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A-Rod, Griffey, and Randy Johnson all left the Mariners, and they put together a 116 win season anyway.
The reason the Rangers have stunk it up for three years is because they had a $25M/yr shortstop and a $25/yr pitching staff. The Yankees just throw more freaking money at the problem instead.
Posted by: Christopher Davis at February 18, 2004 6:38 PM
I am a little preplexed about the worry as well since they did give up a 40/40 guy to get ARod, who is only marginally better with the bat than Soriano. Plus, a big part of ARod's best-player-in-baseball status was playing SS, where he is vastly superior to the apparently in need of ego stroking Jeter. And even if Jeter stays put, you've got to figure ARod would be more helpful playing second, the best defensive SS in baseball shouldn't have trouble turning the pivot from the other side of 2nd base and could cover a lot more ground.
However, the Yankees pitching staff is decidedly not weak. Brown is surly, and injury prone, but also dominate. If he gets 200 IP he'll win 16 games, pencil that in right now. Vasquez is a stud, better than any of the three that left. I can see those two picking up 36-38 of the 50 something wins that departed with Petite, Clemens & Wells, no problem. Contreas was dominant at times in the playoffs last year, & Lieber was a very, very good pitcher before his injury, so you've got to figure one of those two pans out as well. And the pen is much, much stronger this year as well. The only real weakness I see, besides a bit more uncertainty than usual, is all the right handed arms playing 81 games in Yankee Stadium.
Posted by: George at February 19, 2004 10:38 AM