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kane · 12-27-2008, 03:37 AM

Manny will help them a lot although I think if they sign Manny they will try to trade Matsui for pitching. In the end pitching is what matters. They signed Sabathia who was awesome in the last half of last year, but he has times when he just slumps and so far he has been in forgiving places. If he sucks a game or two in a row in NY they will be tearing him apart. Burnett, the other pitcher they signed, can be amazing one day and then terrible the next so you never know what you are going to get.

That said if Wang is healthy, Pettite comes back and Sabathia and Burnett are good and Joba holds up, they will be very difficult to beat. Thier only potential weakness could be middle relief and with that hitting line-up they should be able to overcome that.

All that said, they still have to play the games. I'm a Mariner fan and before last year started everyone had the Mariners contending for the AL West title and they ended up being the worst team in the league. With all those stars egos could clash and things could not work out and the Yankees could implode. Talent alone should get them to playoffs, but there a team with a couple of hot pitchers and a couple of hot bats can knock you out.

12-27-2008, 03:37 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Manny will help them a lot although I think if they sign Manny they will try to trade Matsui for pitching. In the end pitching is what matters. They signed Sabathia who was awesome in the last half of last year, but he has times when he just slumps and so far he has been in forgiving places. If he sucks a game or two in a row in NY they will be tearing him apart. Burnett, the other pitcher they signed, can be amazing one day and then terrible the next so you never know what you are going to get. That said if Wang is healthy, Pettite comes back and Sabathia and Burnett are good and Joba holds up, they will be very difficult to beat. Thier only potential weakness could be middle relief and with that hitting line-up they should be able to overcome that. All that said, they still have to play the games. I'm a Mariner fan and before last year started everyone had the Mariners contending for the AL West title and they ended up being the worst team in the league. With all those stars egos could clash and things could not work out and the Yankees could implode. Talent alone should get them to playoffs, but there a team with a couple of hot pitchers and a couple of hot bats can knock you out.