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Joe Girardi said as he makes up the rotation, he wants to keep the lefties apart and not use Burnett and Joba Chamberlain back-to-back because of their similarities. Therefore, the rotation will be:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sabathia
Burnett
Wang
Pettitte
Chamberlain
or
Sabathia
Wang
Burnett
Pettitte
Chamberlain
Not bad options.
Option #1: Probably better off for the bullpen. The horse/K guy/horse/horse/K guy provides optimal reliever rest.
Option 2: Splits up the ground ball pitchers Wang and Pettitte. I'm not sure if this makes any difference or not.
I'll take Option 1 myself. Excuse me for not appreciating this strong rotation.
Of course this order will change as a result of inevitable injuries, off days and occasionally skipping Joba in order to keep his Innings Pitched around 160 IP.
Also, in the postseason, Wang has to pitch at Yankee Stadium given his home/road splits.
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You've got 5 pretty distinct looks in that rotation. Burnett and Joba are similar in that they throw hard with good breaking stuff, but I don't know if facing one the day before helps you adjust to the other. As you said, it's going to get jumbled up, so it doesn't matter all that much.
ReplyDeleteIf you are an opposing team, what three do you want to face? I would rank it like this:
Pettitte
Burnett
Wang
CC
Joba
How much they actually contribute to the rotation is a totally different story.
It is definitely ridiculous to talk about the order of a rotation but the beginning of Spring Training can do crazy things to people.
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