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Post by MxT13 on Feb 7, 2011 14:02:50 GMT -5
Now that Pettitte has retired, how are the Yankees looking for this year? Could they actually miss the playoffs? Can you say 4th place? It's certainly a possibility, we all watched that loaded Detroit team fail miserably a couple years back. Forget the playoffs, as they stand right now I think they will struggle to stay respectable. I just don't buy Hughes as a #2 starter at this point in his career and who says Burnett will do any better than last year? I won't be the least bit surprised to see them at anywhere close to 16-14 the first 30 games.
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Post by FootballFreak03 on Feb 8, 2011 20:59:00 GMT -5
Yankees will make the playoffs. They always find ways to win despite what seems to be a poor pitching staff every year. I think Burnett will be better than he was last year, and the Yanks will win 90 games. That offense and bullpen is dirty, and they will overcome their starting woes in the regular season. Playoffs might be a different story.
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Post by Nyi28nhl on Feb 10, 2011 11:21:46 GMT -5
Yankees will make the playoffs. They always find ways to win despite what seems to be a poor pitching staff every year. I think Burnett will be better than he was last year, and the Yanks will win 90 games. That offense and bullpen is dirty, and they will overcome their starting woes in the regular season. Playoffs might be a different story. I don't know, a few years ago they missed the playoffs and finished third. I guess it will depend heavily on whether or not the Sox FA's pan out.
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Post by BlackOps on Feb 10, 2011 17:32:28 GMT -5
Yankees will make the playoffs. They always find ways to win despite what seems to be a poor pitching staff every year. I think Burnett will be better than he was last year, and the Yanks will win 90 games. That offense and bullpen is dirty, and they will overcome their starting woes in the regular season. Playoffs might be a different story. I don't know, a few years ago they missed the playoffs and finished third. I guess it will depend heavily on whether or not the Sox FA's pan out. I agree, a lot of people are writing the Yankees off based on the moves they made/didn't make, but this team really isn't different at all. I see very few scenarios where they don't win 90 games. It'll be ridiculously hard for two of their starters to combine for 344 innings and a 5.25+ ERA like last season, even if those starters are Burnett and Nova and Mitre. Even with that huge amount of terrible innings, they still won 95 games. I think the Red Sox are rightly projected ahead of the Yankees, but I won't be one to predict that they'll get worse performance from their starters, in fact, I'll say they'll likely be better than what they got from Burnett/Vasquez last year. They'll also need to replace Pettitte, and that likely results in -1 to -2 wins, but that's something they can pick up elsewhere (Soriano).
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Post by FootballFreak03 on Feb 10, 2011 17:44:15 GMT -5
I don't know, a few years ago they missed the playoffs and finished third. I guess it will depend heavily on whether or not the Sox FA's pan out. I agree, a lot of people are writing the Yankees off based on the moves they made/didn't make, but this team really isn't different at all. I see very few scenarios where they don't win 90 games. It'll be ridiculously hard for two of their starters to combine for 344 innings and a 5.25+ ERA like last season, even if those starters are Burnett and Nova and Mitre. Even with that huge amount of terrible innings, they still won 95 games. I think the Red Sox are rightly projected ahead of the Yankees, but I won't be one to predict that they'll get worse performance from their starters, in fact, I'll say they'll likely be better than what they got from Burnett/Vasquez last year. They'll also need to replace Pettitte, and that likely results in -1 to -2 wins, but that's something they can pick up elsewhere (Soriano). Yeah you nailed it. Plus who else is really a threat for the wild card? I dont like anybody really to surpass them.....
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