Will he stay, or will he go, in the Yankee starting rotation?

Ask the pitchers if the Yankee rotation has the possibility to be great, and all five quickly say that it does.

Either Kenny Rogers or Ramiro Mendoza will replace Irabu in the Yankee rotation for what should be one start.

Now Hitchcock, along with Mark Hutton, will compete with Ojeda for the fifth slot in the Yankee rotation.

Joe Niekro, blueprinted in the Yankee rotation again this year at age 42, struggled to a 9-10 record with a 4.87 earned-run average.

Rasner worked 6 innings, allowing only 2 runs and stayed in the Yankee rotation until September, when he was replaced by Alfredo Aceves.

The Yankee rotation's e.r.a. in that span is 3.83, even with Irabu's stumble.

After his last start, it looked as if Gooden was about to pitch himself out of the Yankee rotation.

The 34-year-old pitcher has become the most reliable starter in the Yankee rotation.

With four older stars in the Yankee rotation, Pettitte has been carefully sheltered from the pressure of being the Yankee ace.