ESPN's list of top rotations doesn't include Tigers
The Detroit News
The Tigers might have a good pitching staff in 2010. But the way things stand now, they won't have one of the top five starting rotations in baseball.
That's the opinion of Buster Olney, who revealed his list of best rotations on ESPN.com:
1. Red Sox: Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, John Lackey, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz
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2. Yankees: CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Javier Vazquez, Phil Hughes
3. White Sox: Jake Peavy, Mark Buehrle, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Freddy Garcia
4. Angels: Jered Weaver, Scott Kazmir, Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana, Joel Pineiro
5. Cardinals: Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Kyle Lohse, Brad Penny, somebody else
Olney said his "5a" team was the Phillies with Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, J.A. Happ and Jamie Moyer.
Olney emphasized that his ranking were based on the strength of the rotations from pitchers one through five, not just the top two.
Here's how the Tigers' rotation might look in 2010: Justin Verlander, Rick Porcello, Max Scherzer, Armando Galarraga and Jeremy Bonderman.
