2009 Yankees starting rotation (April)

May 2, 2009

By DailySkew

Going into the season, the 2009 Yankees starting rotation looked like this (ranked in order):

1. C.C. Sabathia
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. A.J. Burnett
4. Andy Pettitte
5. Joba Chamberlain

After April, it was this:

1. Andy Pettitte
2. A.J. Burnett
3. C.C. Sabathia
4. Joba Chamberlain
5. Phil Hughes
6. Chien-Ming Wang

The major news was that Wang’s hip cost him and the team 3 games… A.J. started hot but a Red Sox bomb and gutty Tigers performance jacked up his ERA (I don’t think he and Jorge Posada are on the same page yet)….Andy was great in his first 3 starts…Sabathia is a workhorse, but slow out of the stall, and is going to improve and become the ace…Hughes had one start and he could be the dark horse that will save the team…Joba is getting ripped for no reason. Although his walks are high and he averages under 6 innings a start, he shouldn’t be judged so harshly on a few starts, especially when he’s 1-0, 3.13 in 23 innings in April.