I'm not sure how one likes Marte. He sucks balls. I'd rather have Gaudin as the lefty specialist besides Coke.

As long as Molina has to catch Burnett you need Cervelli, b/c Jorge is gonna enter those games in the 6th-7th and you need another catcher in case of emergency.

I think you toss Marte for Bruney. Neither can throw strikes that consistently, but Bruney is the kind of guy that can come in and get a K if you really need one.

i'm surprised nobody is making mention of fuentes in place of k-rod. someone said it all comes down to girardi v. sciosia but i think the yankees have a clear edge in the bullpen and a slight edge offensively. lackey/weaver/kazmir should not be as strong as cc/burnett/pettitte. yanks also have homefield. yankees in 6.

So everyone's cool with CC making 3 starts in this series, one of those coming on short rest? It's really the only big decision Joe has to make right now -- CC for 3 starts or incorporate a 4th starter... You do that now you almost gotta stick with that for the World Series, God willing we get there. In case we have to go with a 4th starter, do ya go with Gaudin (the Yanks are something like 6-0 or 7-0 in the games he's started for us) and leave Joba where he is? I think so. Gaudin actually had a decent start out in Anaheim the last time we were out there when we took 2 out of 3. In that series if I remember right, we lost the opener with Pettitte but came back and won games started by Gaudin & AJ. Pettitte wasn't even terrible that game but he looks much sharper & stronger now - I think that game out in Anaheim was Andy's first game back after being shut down for a turn or two.

Everything else I agree with you guys -

- I'd take Bruney this series and leave Marte off the roster. Abreu's the only true left-handed hitter they have and we have Coke for him late in games. Everyone else is either a righty or a SH including two big righties back to back, Hunter/Guerrero, if that's how Scioscia plays it. One lefty specialist should be enough I'm thinking. Hopefully we can neutralize Abreu for most of the game anyway in the ones started by CC & Andy which looks like it could be 5 out of the 7 games.

- You gotta take Cervelli as a 3rd catcher for those AJ games where you're gonna have to pinch hit for Molina late with Jorgie, then tun around a pinch run for Posada if he gets on which is why taking an extra SB threat like Freddy Guzman makes sense. I wouldn't mind seeing Gardy start a game or two in this series. He deserves it. No problem with Melky, but he really hasn't done too much with the bat for awhile now. Give Gardner a start or two here and see if the extra dimension he brings can help us.

Posted by Finestrg:

- I'd take Bruney this series and leave Marte off the roster.

- You gotta take Cervelli as a 3rd catcher for those AJ games where you're gonna have to pinch hit for Molina late with Jorgie, then tun around a pinch run for Posada if he gets on which is why taking an extra SB threat like Freddy Guzman makes sense.

how are u gonna have Bruney, Cervelli, Gardner & Guzman on the roster? someone has to go unless ur thinking about leaving Gaudin off the roster, & we will need a long relief man in case a game goes into extra innings... Joba, Hughes, Coke, Aceves & Robertson are all likely to be used in spot relief situations during a close game in the late innings.

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game 1: cc vs. lackey
game 2: aj vs. saunders
game 3: andy vs. weaver
game 4: cc vs. kazmir

great pitching matchups in this series... we got the edge in the bullpen but Angels play such great fundamental baseball, should be a tough, tough series... looking forward to it!

No games 'til Fri? I can't take the suspense!