Rotation Fun
It was a simple plan, just use the off day to reset the rotation and avoid Wang in Fenway, now rain has screwed that up. Whoever takes the ball tomorrow won't be ready to pitch until Sunday meaning the Yankees have some interesting choices.
Pettitte was scheduled to start tonight with Sabthia and Joba following him. You could move Pettitte and Sabathia down a spot and then start Joba, Burnett and Pettitte in Fenway. That gives everyone extra rest, which is probably the way to go, but you could get creative. Skip Joba entirely until Sunday in Fenway. Pitch Wang, save Sabthia for Fenway, a plethora of decisions await and with the rain we probably won't have a clue until tomorrow.
UPDATE: I was wrong about the wait, looks like Joba will start things in Fenway. Youkilis better buckle up his chin strap.
Comments
Have started a little local "pool" as to which inning will be the first Joba "brush back" of Youk - and will the pitch cause a glare back to the mound or will it take more than one pitch to get the looks and the dialogue flowing.
Really too bad that Beckett won't be going for the Sox in that game. But I suspect that AJ and Beckett could be an interesting matchup as well, even without Abreu in the Yankee lineup. ;-)
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April 21, 2009 09:49 AM
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