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Oh, yeah, the rotation has question marks, but I am feeling pretty good about it, mainly for the reason you said, we're stacked in the minors. Also, the bullpen looks to be the deepest it's been since the Nelson/Stanton/Lloyd days so that takes a huge load off the starters.
Wang is the only guy without any real question marks. He should be even better this year with Mientkiewicz at first, Cano constantly improving and HOPEFULLY A-Rod improving as well.
Mussina will be good if he can stay healthy. We need around 200 innings from him. I think he will do it. He needs these last few years if he wants to make a Hall of Fame bid. He wants a World Series.
Pettitte should give us 200 quality innings. Obviously there's no guarantee here though. I'm optimistic looking at his 2nd half stats last year, also, he has come back strong from injury so I think that's behind him, and we know he can pitch well in New York.
I have faith that Igawa will be a dependable 4th or 5th. If anything he's young and can eat innings.
Pavano... I don't know why, but I have a gut feeling that he'll be alright this year. Maybe it's just wishful thinking. If I were him I would be working my ass off to prove that I'm not a worthless piece of shit this year.
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