Yankees' ALCS rotation: Three or four?

October 13, 2009 - 2:10 PM

The Yankees still have time to make up their minds but Joe Girardi apparently told the New York media today on a conference call that he may in fact stick with a three-man rotation for the ALCS that begins Friday night in the Bronx against the Angels.

That would mean CC Sabathia could pitch in Games 1, 4 and 7, A.J. Burnett could go in 2 and 5 and Andy Pettitte could go in 3 and 6. It seems to be a question of using Chad Gaudin in Game 4 because Joba Chamberlain is likely to stay in the bullpen. Play Girardi's role below. What would you do?

---Mike Harrington

(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

@BNHarrington | mharrington@buffnews.com

Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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