[jacksonianmarch]

In terms of insurance...

The Sox top 5 would be
Santana
Beckett
Schilling
DiceK
Wake

the #6 would be Buchholz as the insurance. Past that, you have Michael Bowden and thats it.

For the Yankees...
1. Wang
2. Pettitte
3. Chamberlain
4. Hughes
5. Kennedy

The 6 being Mussina. After that, you have Horne, McCutchen, White, Sanchez, Marquez, Wright, Igawa, Karstens, Rasner.

By 2009, assuming a lot obviously...
1. Wang
2. Hughes
3. Chamberlain
4. Kennedy
5. FA signing most likely

with other guys maturing and coming into the roles. The same guys as above with the potential to have Heredia, Betances, Barreda, McCallister, Reyes, Nova and some of the other longer range guys. I dont think we lack in insurance policy. But if you want to make an analogy....

Your car is the supped up Mustang but your parts facility is running low.

Our car is the old mustang sitting on the blocks with an instruction manual and all the parts we could possibly want.

IE, if nothing goes wrong, your rotation with Santana is gonna be ridiculous. If we get some luck and the kids progress the way we think they can, we can match you, but likely not anytime soon as we still need to work the kinks out.