Joe Girardi waited until game day to announce his rotation for the ALDS. Like last year, the Yankees will go with a three-man rotation. CC Sabathia for Games 1 and 4, Andy Pettitte for Games 2 and 5, and Phil Hughes for Game 3.
Some may have hoped Hughes and Pettitte would’ve been switched, as Pettitte has had a slow return from the DL and Hughes has looked relatively sharp down the stretch.
Here are all their final lines for the season:
| Name | W | L | IP | ERA | K | WHIP |
| Sabathia | 21 | 7 | 237.2 | 3.18 | 197 | 1.23 |
| Pettitte | 11 | 3 | 129 | 3.28 | 101 | 1.27 |
| Hughes | 18 | 8 | 176.1 | 4.19 | 146 | 1.25 |
The Twins are calling on Francisco Liriano for Game 1, Carl Pavano for Game 2 an Brian Duensing for Game 3. Pitchers for Games 4 and 5 aren’t set in stone.
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Carlos Echevarria · 755 weeks ago
Lenny, this should what Girardi goes with but, frankly, this year, especially the last 2 months of the season, he is getting odder by the day, in terms of his decision making and mixing and matching.
BTW, is it just me or does Austin Kearns suck major balls??? his strike out ratio, as pointed out by Kay the other night, is utterly obscene.
Lenny Neslin 70p · 755 weeks ago
As for Kearns, yes, he does strikeout a lot. He swings as hard as any Yankee I've seen since Gary Sheffield. He makes up for it (kinda) with his extra-base hits.