Going into Opening Day, this is where we stand:
Sabathia
Kuroda
Nova
Tanaka
Pineda
(Phelps, Warren, Nuno all in major league bullpen)
AAA rotation:
Aceves
Chase Whitley
Brian Gordon
Shane Greene
Bruce Billings
If the top 5 stay healthy, I think they have a chance to be very good (obviously with a ton of question marks up and down). But they are thin as hell with those three guys in the major league bullpen, won't be easy to stretch any of them out after a month or so if needed. I think they're going to regret not keeping Nuno in AAA for rotation insurance.
Sabathia
Kuroda
Nova
Tanaka
Pineda
(Phelps, Warren, Nuno all in major league bullpen)
AAA rotation:
Aceves
Chase Whitley
Brian Gordon
Shane Greene
Bruce Billings
If the top 5 stay healthy, I think they have a chance to be very good (obviously with a ton of question marks up and down). But they are thin as hell with those three guys in the major league bullpen, won't be easy to stretch any of them out after a month or so if needed. I think they're going to regret not keeping Nuno in AAA for rotation insurance.