You’ve seen the projections. You’ve seen pitchers who haven’t pitched in 15 years. You’ve seen renewed confidence.
What do you think? Like we did for the hitters, we ask which starting pitcher will most pleasantly surprise?
Will this season be a year of redemption for AJ Burnett?
54 Comments
Corey March 14, 2011 23:46
AJ will redeem
Nick Social March 15, 2011 08:06
Agreed.
Corey March 14, 2011 23:47
BTW the photoshop jobs are lacking as of late
Shoe March 15, 2011 11:22
Pretty sure this one was done in MS Paint.
NoMaas' India-based 37-cents-an-hr Photoshoppers March 15, 2011 13:24
Fuck you!
Best Pitcher will be March 14, 2011 23:49
Bexy’s pepperoni nipples
TSJC March 15, 2011 12:39
Daddy like
Kim Last March 15, 2011 14:27
Daddy likes lumps
Ben Kaabaack, Future Esq March 15, 2011 00:05
If you are of need of my legal opinion, please contact me for rates at my Twitter page.
Since I have yet to pass the bar after 12 attempts, I will charge my usual $0.99 per/hr fee, payable in cash to “The Jews who can pass the bar.”
Mazel Tof
Sensitive RAB Guy March 15, 2011 12:28
Can’t daddy just threaten the Bar, like he did with NoMaas?
Cephster March 15, 2011 14:28
Stop making fun of Ben you juvenile people. He is a lawyer and a nice guy.
Zombie Ted Kennedy March 15, 2011 16:04
I have never passed a bar in my life *HIC* and now I’m pickled
Jay Destro's Weiner March 16, 2011 12:25
I hate you all. May death honor you.
Jay Destro March 16, 2011 12:54
I love Robocop
Joe Pawlikowski March 16, 2011 15:14
I heart you, Jay.
kjhajhdf March 15, 2011 00:06
AJ will be the most surprising, he’ll be the first pitcher in Baseball history to pitch a whole season without throwing a strike.
Theo Epstein March 15, 2011 00:23
0 percent of the vote for CC…and he is gona go 12-14 with a 4.70 era…shocks me
Just saying... March 15, 2011 18:15
Not in an opt-out year he won’t.
steamr0ller March 15, 2011 01:18
AJ remembering how to pitch won’t be a surprise since that is what he is paid millions to do. the biggest surprise to me would be Colon winning 5 or more games. the surprise i would like most, though, is some pitching gems later in the season by called-up “killer Bs”.
but isn’t the point of a surprise that you can’t see it coming?
Zigmund Fraud March 15, 2011 10:52
If B, B, and B came up mid-season and were mediocre, they would be the called-up so-so so-called Killer-B’s.
Brandon March 15, 2011 01:30
AJ: 17-9, 4.11 ERA, 185 K
The Scout March 15, 2011 18:16
I’ll sign on for that. Just show me where.
Ivan Nova March 15, 2011 05:32
I will win AL ROY.
Andy Dufrain March 15, 2011 07:26
I understand your man that knows how to get things.
Boggs March 15, 2011 12:42
I’m gunna push your poo in
Andy Dufrain March 15, 2011 17:33
I’ll throw this in your eye and you’ll go blind!
Roy Keane's dog March 15, 2011 09:28
It was in a field near Buxton, at the base of a stone wall, underneath some black volcanic glass, I have hidden for you the secret to the Yankees 2011 season.
[Censored] March 15, 2011 09:53
I stole Mike’s ban hammer last night and stuck it in my heiney.
It fit!
JoePawl's Mouth March 15, 2011 10:38
i want my ban hammer back
TSJC March 15, 2011 14:29
Daddy likes Joe’s punk ass mouth. Good cracka
Sensitive RAB Guy March 15, 2011 12:36
Are you well enough to blog today?
“I’m day-to-day with soreness behind my right knee. No idea how it happened, but it sucks.”
1:23 PM Mar 14th via Echofon
[Censored] March 15, 2011 14:03
Since Joe and I constantly rip on everyone who uses the gym equipment in a way we don’t like, I don’t think I am going to be able to rehab properly. I hope this doesn’t affect me while I am on my knees, but I’ll find out later!
If everyone picks AJ..then technically, there's no one left to be "surprised," right? March 15, 2011 12:40
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Jon Schimenti March 15, 2011 10:15
haha, this will be the yera i take hughes and he goes 10-15 with bad k rate after zmen made bonehead deal for him when he was good only b/c of high strand rate, haha
Steve Balboni's Bastard March 15, 2011 14:29
If AJ isn’t the answer here this team is screwed.
Larry Roth's Child March 15, 2011 15:26
we need career years out of both of them. It’s amazing the key to the $200M yankeemobile has a knuckle for a head
R2-D2 March 15, 2011 17:11
Fatolo will ninja 15 games and a 4.00 ERA
Ivan Nova March 15, 2011 17:33
So will I en route to the AL ROY.
CC Sabathia March 15, 2011 17:34
Put me down for 20.
Phil Hughes March 15, 2011 17:34
I’m good for like 14 this year.
AJ Burnett March 15, 2011 17:35
I will “shock” the world and win 21 and the AL Cy Young. See what I did there?!
AJ Burnett March 15, 2011 18:18
Just for kicks I’ll win the NL Cy Young too. BTW, this is my favorite movie: http://tinyurl.com/6apz9pf
The Bullpen March 15, 2011 17:36
We’re good for 20.
JoeThunder March 15, 2011 17:37
Put all of that together and you have 106 wins. Do you think we’d win the division then???
JoeThunder March 15, 2011 17:37
105 wins*
Peter Gammons March 15, 2011 18:23
Nope. Those scrappy, small-market Red Sox will finish 162-0.
mike francesa March 15, 2011 17:50
wait a second 3025 that’s not CC’s number
Derp March 15, 2011 20:38
It’s his weight.
RiverAveBooHooHoos March 16, 2011 12:33
Check yourself before you wreck yourself, big dicks in ya ass is bad for ya health.
Kim Last March 16, 2011 15:16
You like lumps
DormantUlcer March 16, 2011 18:09
If AJ puts up less than a 1.45 WHIP and a K/BB over 2 again, I’d shit myself in surprise. Does that count?
Billy Ray Valentine March 17, 2011 03:52
Which pitcher will be the most surprising? Easy…Mitre…I’ll be surprised if he makes the roster.
DormantUlcer March 17, 2011 14:44
This surprised me last year. It wouldn’t surprise me anymore. Anger me, yes.
Sterling Archer March 20, 2011 20:47
DANGER ZONE!!!