Now, don't get me wrong. I am a Yankees fan but there comes a point when you have to face the facts...

Isn't Mike Mussina the most overrated pitcher on the staff? For all the talk of how intelligent he is and how gritty he is, he's really only still on the team because of those few magnificent innings of relief against the Red Sox in 2003.

Other than that one great outing, he consistently overworks the bullpen because he refuses to try to consolidate his pitch count, going to 3-2 on almost every hitter. If he gets ahead of you 0-2, you can feel pretty secure knowing that the next 3 pitches will almost always be just out of the strike zone. He rarely tries to get you out with a strike and never tries to put anybody away when he's ahead in the count. He's come up pretty small in almost every big game he's had to pitch lately too.

I'm not sour on Randy Johnson because I tend to give every new Yankee at least one year to adjust to the team and New York. His season last year was pretty terrible (comparative to himself, not to everyone else) but I feel certain that he will try to turn things around this year.

Of the non-pitchers, I feel like we have a little too much unwarranted faith in Jorge Posada and Jason Giambi. Jorge because he's either a home run or nothing offensively (God forbid he should get on base with a hit or a walk because his baserunning seems like it could cost you 2 runs per game!!). Giambi because, well, just because he turned a great career into a what-coulda-been career with his stupid steroids.

Anybody agree or disagree with me?