Re: *** ALDS Game 2: Yankees vs. Indians (Pettite/Carmona)
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kyleb you completely ignore bullpen.
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As most people should. Bullpens are worth very little unless they are lights-out, which admittedly the Indians' is. Then again, the Indians ruin it by having a dedicated closer in Borowski, who has been terrible, so you don't get a lot of points there. Remember that the Red Sox have a shutdown bullpen and the Yankees have a decent one.
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You can't put Joba in the Rotation AND claim that the Yankees have a decent pen. Even with Joba in the pen the difference between the Yankees and tribe pens is significant.
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kyleb's whole point is that in a 5 game series, a bullpen really isn't of huge import. if your starters can give you 7 innings, you just need 3-4 guys. so yeah, if the yankees had edwar, vizcaino, rivera, and say, uh, farnsworth - it's not *that* much worse than what the indians would be throwing out there.
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