What are your top five Rotations in the AL?

[RaysFan_98]

For me it is.....

Halos
Rays
Yankees
Sox
Rangers

Thats my Top five for the AL

[chicagowhitesox1173]

The Chicago Whitesox have a decent one.

1. John Danks
2. Gavin Floyd
3. Jake Peavy
4. Phil Humber
5. Chris Sale

[RaysFan_98]

The Chicago Whitesox have a decent one.

1. John Danks
2. Gavin Floyd
3. Jake Peavy
4. Phil Humber
5. Chris Sale

That they do

[GiambiJuice]

Yankees don't belong in the top 5, imo. And I'm a Yankees fan.

[RaysFan_98]

Yankees don't belong in the top 5, imo. And I'm a Yankees fan.

:O That is surprising..... Thought i would've gotten flamed had i not put them up there.

[GiambiJuice]

:O That is surprising..... Thought i would've gotten flamed had i not put them up there.

Sure, they did some "addition by subtraction" in dumping AJ Burnett, but it's really a bunch of question marks after CC. What will they get from Hughes? Can Freddy Garcia exceed expectations again? Is Nova's low ERA sustainable despite his weak peripherals? Pineda looks like he may be a stud, but he is unproven. A 3.74 ERA for Seattle translates to what for New York, 4.25?

[RaysFan_98]

Sure, they did some "addition by subtraction" in dumping AJ Burnett, but it's really a bunch of question marks after CC. What will they get from Hughes? Can Freddy Garcia exceed expectations again? Is Nova's low ERA sustainable despite his weak peripherals? Pineda looks like he may be a stud, but he is unproven. A 3.74 ERA for Seattle translates to what for New York, 4.25?

I thought huges was going to be moved to the pen like the Rays are planning on moving wade to the pen. Pineda i have doubts about he is a rookie who you got from the Seattle he never really has had hard expectations on him and he will be thrown into a very very competitive AL East and will be pitching in the bronx no less. Nova and helly i think may go a little down this year IMHO.

[ol' aches and pains]

The Chicago Whitesox have a decent one.

1. John Danks
2. Gavin Floyd
3. Jake Peavy
4. Phil Humber
5. Chris Sale

I'm not real optimistic about the White Sox staff: when John Danks is your ace, you've got some problems. Danks and Floyd, though occasionally brilliant, are hot and cold, Peavy is damaged goods at this point, nobody knows how or if he'll respond to his recent spate of injuries, Humber is promising, as is Sale, but Sale will be starting for the first time in the Majors, if in fact he does start. Who is the White Sox closer if it isn't Sale? And what didn't they like about Santos in the closer's role? I know he saved 30 games, but how many save opportunites did he blow? I don't find that stat at BB Ref.

[dominik]

Yankees don't belong in the top 5, imo. And I'm a Yankees fan.

I think that the yanks do have a solid rotation.

1.CC
2.pineda
3.nova
4.hughes
5.garcia or whoever

this is not bad rotation on top of that great offense and bullpen.

the rays of course have a monster rotation and the angels are very good too. I think they have the best rotations.

I would say:

1.Rays
2.angels
3.Yankees
4.maybe white sox
5.red sox

[Bothrops Atrox]

1. Angels
2. Rays
3. Red Sox
4. Rangers
5. Tough one... I guess the Yankees, maybe?

[kcpajor]

Sure, they did some "addition by subtraction" in dumping AJ Burnett, but it's really a bunch of question marks after CC. What will they get from Hughes? Can Freddy Garcia exceed expectations again? Is Nova's low ERA sustainable despite his weak peripherals? Pineda looks like he may be a stud, but he is unproven. A 3.74 ERA for Seattle translates to what for New York, 4.25?

I thought huges was going to be moved to the pen like the Rays are planning on moving wade to the pen. Pineda i have doubts about he is a rookie who you got from the Seattle he never really has had hard expectations on him and he will be thrown into a very very competitive AL East and will be pitching in the bronx no less. Nova and helly i think may go a little down this year IMHO.

I think that the yanks do have a solid rotation.

1.CC
2.pineda
3.nova
4.hughes
5.garcia or whoever

this is not bad rotation on top of that great offense and bullpen.

the rays of course have a monster rotation and the angels are very good too. I think they have the best rotations.

I would say:

1.Rays
2.angels
3.Yankees
4.maybe white sox
5.red sox

Did everybody in this thread forget that Hiroki Kuroda exists?

[quagmire]

Did everybody in this thread forget that Hiroki Kuroda exists?

Considering the signing was almost an after thought, it isn't surprising. It was, " Holy crap!!!! Yankees trade Montero for Pineda!!!! Oh BTW, Yankees also signed Kuroda. Woohoo....."

[GiambiJuice]

Did everybody in this thread forget that Hiroki Kuroda exists?

LOL, yes, I did forget about him!

[RaysFan_98]

Did everybody in this thread forget that Hiroki Kuroda exists?

Who?......

[Rich the Giants fan]

Who?......

It's called Baseball-Reference.com.

And yes, that's a career 3.45 ERA and 114 ERA+ in 700 big league innings. 3.07 and 121 in 2011. He was a good pickup for New York, I'm afraid to say. I think the Yankees have the makings of potentially a top 5 rotation, IF everyone pitches to their capabilities. There are a lot of question marks in that IF, however.