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Originally Posted by Soxfan#1
As a Sox fan, I hope they throw him in the rotation in a sink or swim situation. Sure the guy is intimidating and a great pitcher, but how long can he stay intimidating because it's a huge part of his pitching strategy and he's going to have to go around 6-8 innings a night.
But this would be best for them in my opinion. The only negative is converting his arm to pitch more innings a night.
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The truth of the matter is that the trio of Hughes, Kennedy, and Chamberlain could be the next Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux.
Now to hope these pitchers turn into them is a stretch. However, that is the hopes the Yankees have for them. Hughes 1.28 whip is the highest of the three.
Now, do I expect them to each win 20 games? Not any time soon, if ever. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Wang or Pettitte was our worst starting pitcher next year. They could pan out to be the Braves trio.
They could also turn out to be Generation K from the Mets. Isringhausen, Pusipher, and Wilson. We know how they turned out.
I'm just glad we got rid of Torre. This would have been Prior and Wood all over again.