The 2013 New York Yankees starting rotation is set right now after yesterday's re-signing of Andy Pettitte was made official. At worst, the rotation should be pretty good again next season and at best it could be very good if everybody stays healthy and a few things rebound from 2012. Not to rain on anybody's parade or start to poke holes in this group, but it is worth pointing out that there will be a lot of workload questions tied to next year's rotation.
CC Sabathia- Coming off a season in which he had 2 separate stints on the DL, and already has plans being made to limit his innings/pitch count next season.
Hiroki Kuroda- Coming off a career high 235.2 IP between the regular and postseasons in 2012 at age 37. Unknown how that extra work will carry over and affect him in 2013.
Pettitte- Pitched just 89 total Major League innings last season, and has pitched just 106 total innings in the last 2 calendar years. Unknown how many innings he can pitch over a full season.
Phil Hughes- Coming off a career high 201 total IP between regular and postseasons in 2012 a year after pitching just 91 total innings and 2 years after pitching 192 total innings, and after years of being shuttled between starter and reliever.
The only guy in this group without innings concerns is Ivan Nova, who was the least effective starting pitcher in the rotation last season. It's not time to raise the red flag on this or anything, just something to keep in mind going in ST next year.
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