Post by Fish Troll on Mar 10, 2007 18:43:57 GMT -5
Elite rotation boasts power and finesse
When healthy, starters form a deep and powerful quintet
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The way Curt Schilling sizes things up, he will barely be the ace of the Red Sox this season. Schilling looks at Boston's rotation much like a loaded, five-card deck. He sees it as a quintet that, if things go as planned, will pitch the Red Sox into the deepest part of October.
"I expect to be the ace of the staff," said Schilling. "I expect to have some of these guys have phenomenal years, and I'll barely outpitch them, and we'll win a World Series."
Yes, the Red Sox are still trying to get their bullpen figured out, and that puzzle might not be solved until right around Opening Day. But the rotation looks deep and talented enough to serve as the team's backbone.
"It's going to be fun to watch," said No. 2 starter Josh Beckett. "It's also nice to have some other guys that kind of pitch the same way you do. You can ask them, 'Well, how did you get this guy out or how do you get that guy out?' I think that's going to help us all."
And as Schilling -- who has pitched for three World Series teams -- can attest, deep starting rotations are perhaps the most common thread in championship teams.
When healthy, starters form a deep and powerful quintet
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The way Curt Schilling sizes things up, he will barely be the ace of the Red Sox this season. Schilling looks at Boston's rotation much like a loaded, five-card deck. He sees it as a quintet that, if things go as planned, will pitch the Red Sox into the deepest part of October.
"I expect to be the ace of the staff," said Schilling. "I expect to have some of these guys have phenomenal years, and I'll barely outpitch them, and we'll win a World Series."
Yes, the Red Sox are still trying to get their bullpen figured out, and that puzzle might not be solved until right around Opening Day. But the rotation looks deep and talented enough to serve as the team's backbone.
"It's going to be fun to watch," said No. 2 starter Josh Beckett. "It's also nice to have some other guys that kind of pitch the same way you do. You can ask them, 'Well, how did you get this guy out or how do you get that guy out?' I think that's going to help us all."
And as Schilling -- who has pitched for three World Series teams -- can attest, deep starting rotations are perhaps the most common thread in championship teams.
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