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The New York Yankees bolstered their pitching this off-season by acquiring left-hander Randy Johnson and right-handers Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright. The Yankees’ probable starting rotation this season with Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown as the holdovers (statistics are from 2004):

*--* 2005 STARTERS AGE IP W L ERA SO BB SHO OBA Randy Johnson 41 245.2 16 14 2.60 290 44 2 197 Mike Mussina 36 164.2 12 9 4.59 132 40 0 276 Carl Pavano 28 222.1 18 8 3.00 139 49 2 253 Kevin Brown 39 132.0 10 6 4.09 83 35 0 262 Jaret Wright 29 186.1 15 8 3.28 159 70 0 242 Total/Avg. 35 951 71 45 3.51 803 238 4 246

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*--* 2004 STARTERS AGE IP W L ERA SO BB SHO OBA Mike Mussina 36 164.2 12 9 4.59 132 40 0 276 Javier Vasquez 28 198.0 14 10 4.91 150 60 0 255 Kevin Brown 39 132.0 10 6 4.09 83 35 0 262 Jon Lieber 34 176.2 14 8 4.33 102 18 0 301 Orlando Hernandez 35 84.2 8 2 3.30 84 36 0 230 Total/Avg. 34 756 58 35 4.24 551 189 0 265

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