Do the New York Yankees Have the Best Rotation in the MLB?

(Zell's Pinstripe Blog)

The Yankees rotation for 2009 will be:

Sabathia, Wang, Burnett, Chamberlain, Pettitte/Hughes

The Yankees have already said they don’t plan on getting Lowe or Sheets now. If they did..that would be insane. Can anyone possibly argue that it’s not the best as of now? You have three proven aces, one potential ace, and Andy or Phil as the No. 5? That sounds pretty damn good to me.

Chicago Cubs: Zambrano, Harden, Dempster, Lilly, ?

Tampa Rays: Kazmir, Shields, Garza, Sonnanstine, Price

Red Sox: Beckett, Lester, Matsuzaka, Wakefield, Buchholz

Are those better? I don’t think so. I know some will just instantly say no because they just have blind Yankee hatred. I honestly believe they have the best in baseball. If not, show me one thats better.

from rotoworld.com:

Carl Pavano (from the Toronto Sun)

Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said nothing was going on with free agent Carl Pavano, whose agent he met with at the winter meetings.

He didn’t expect anything to happen on that front until much later, if at all. The Red Sox and Marlins are also supposed to be interested in Pavano.

Some other news headlines:

Free-spending Yankees on wrong track  

In Yankees’ plans, older is wiser once again

Brian Cashman hopes $243.5M fixes Yankees’ starting pitching woes

JOBA GIVES DEALS SEAL OF APPROVAL  

 Yankees ought to put Pettitte on back burner