I'm off to Canberra for a couple of nights while the posting bids go in for Matsuzaka, and I thought, just who might be in the Yankee rotation next year... I'm assuming the Yankees get their man. My guess is that they start the year like this:
1. Daisuke Matsuzaka
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. Mike Mussina
4. Randy Johnson
5. Darrell Rasner
Jaret Wright? Err. Pass on that option.
Carl Pavano? Who knows what he's capable of doing. After 2 years, I'm in the habit of not even thinking he'll contribute anything. If he has a great April-May, I think he's trade bait.
Jeff Karstens will probably end up in the bullpen.
With any luck we'll see Phillip Hughes later in the year. Chances are, he'll replace Randy.
So by August I think it might look like this:
1. Daisuke Matsuzaka
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. Phillip Hughes
4. Mike Mussina
5. Darrell Rasner
Just looking at all the right-handers, I think that ideally speaking the Yankees grab Lefty Kei Igawa as well as Matsuzaka to make Randy completely redundant, but that might be too bold.
UPDATE:
So far, the Mariners, Angels, Tigers have declined to post, and have made announcements to the effect they won't be joining the rush. The Mets will post, but indications are they're higher on signing Barry Zito. The Rangers and Bosox are still in it, but news reportsd from Bosston indicate even the Red Sox are not sounding like they want to go toe-to-toe with the Yankees. Cubs and Orioles on the other hand sound like they're still interested.
Lesser heralded but no-less interesting Kei Igawa will likely be posted on the 7th by the Hanshin (not Detroit) Tigers.
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