Pitching is still the goal

This off season the Yankees will probably add a bat to the 1B position and maybe a combo guy who can dh from the right side...but if they leave their offense alone they can expect an improvement next season over last season with the growth of Cano, Cabrera, and Damon in their Yankee roles- Cano seems to have the talent to hit in the .300 plus range and get 200 hits, Damon can hopefully not break his foot this spring, and Cabrera needs to learn to lay off the 1st pitch strike. ARod can have a better year than last season just by making more productive outs- if you can't handle a pitch with one out, two strikes and a man on 1st- hit the ball where you can advance the runner, and develop a sac fly stroke--The Yankees will miss Sheff- he was their best hitter-- and there will be days next season when a quicker bat could have saved a defeat- on the other hand--Detroit will play Boston and Toronto too. Pitching is the thing and last season the Yanks found Karstens and Rasner and they will be back next year in roles. Britton can pitch and he and Bruney can handle the 7th innings leaving Farnsworth and a Lefty set up guy to handle the 8th innings-- Johnson, Mussina, and Wang are the top 3-- they Yanks will have to sign a righty and a lefty( from Japan maybe?)--Gil Meche would be good, Suppan would be OK- or they can package some depth to Chicago for Freddy Garcia- Proctor as the No.5 guy would be good if they can replace the 50-55 good relief appearances he had last year--big "if", eh?