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Yes, his last start before his Oct 9 ALDS start was Sep 26. He pitched one inning on Oct 2.

I had no problems using Hughes in Texas. He had a history of success there. And this year he pitched better away from home anyway.

I don’t think this is true. He pitched against Minnesota last series well. He had a ton of rest then.

Here was my logic:

1) Rangers hit better against righties, esp. hard throwing ones, so best to go with five games of C.C. and Andy. With two starts in 20+ days before game 4, C.C. would be well rested for two starts on three days. Meanwhile, Andy Pettitte would have two starts on full rest. Also, using them as indicated above would give you one C.C. matchup against Hunter and two Andy starts against Lewis, all of which would have heavily favored the Yankees.

2) AJ is either awful or very good. Pairing Burnett against Lee would have either leveraged AJ’s potential to be dominant, or mitigated his propensity for being awful. Instead of “wasting” Andy against Lee, I would have preferred to go with AJ in that game.

3) Hughes had three starts will long rest and was awful in all them. In game 2, he would have a week layoff, but if they went in game 5, he could have thrown an inning in game 1 or two. The two times he went an inning in between starts, he threw the ball well. What’s more, pitching him once would cut down on his innings, which presumably is still important.

[5] As it turns out, the Mariners did give Cashman a chance to add Nova or Nunez to the deal, but he passed. The wisdom of that move will depend on how Montero develops, but Cashman could have turned down a deal for the 2010 World Series. We’ll see.

The bottom line for me is the Yankees are in a tough position because of how poorly the rotation was constructed. Not having Sabathia go on three days rest in 1,4,7 and Andy in games 2 and 6 on full rest was just an awful decision, and now the Yankees are paying the price. In order to win the series, the Yankees now need to rely on the erratic AJ and an inconsistent Hughes. If both don’t pitch well, the only option remaining is beat Cliff Lee.

17. Mattpat11
October 19th, 2010 at 11:24 am
[13] The free agent pitching class after Lee is horrific. Its Lee or bust

18. Horace Clarke Era

[17] Actually, yeah, you’re right Mattpat. Lee or trade?
Anyone else find it so weird to watch him and curse and also say ‘maybe he’s ours soon?’ He’s 32, has back issues, and HAS to get paid well in excess of, er, AJ. Oh, and he’s also unholy good.
I do remember saying (may have said it here, but maybe not) that Texas might well have bought themselves a WS berth when they won out for him. I based it in part on their injuries … and that was before Hamilton missed the last 2-3 weeks. Flipside, had Mariners taken Montero instead of Smoaky, we might be laughing now.

I don’t have a sense of doom with regards to AJ’s start today. I am simply numb. Is that a good sign?