Jackson’s obviously not great, but he wasn’t as bad in 2007 as his 5.76 in indicated. Thanks to a disastrous Tampa Bay defense, his BABIP was .350 — that’s not him, that was the TEAM AVERAGE. His 2007 FIP was “only” 4.86. This will be his age 24 season, so there’s still time to bring down his walk rate. If he can get it under 4 BB/9, his ERA will be in the low 4.00s.

So kids, the moral of this story is to be optimistic but not expectant.

it’s a RISK WE GET IT. YOUR NOT IMPLYING ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT YOU POSTED like 20 STRAIT POST BASICALLY HINTING THE SAME THING.

Oh, cool. So Tim Lincecum, Clay Buchholz, Matt Garza, Francisco Liriano, and Jon Lester (if he hasn’t already), are all going to fail too. Looks like most teams in the major leagues are in just as much, if not worse situations than the Yankees.

Is this post a way to misdirect us into admitting that your obsession with your belief in the imminent failure of Phil Highes is a likelihood? Why dont you just come out and say that you think Hughes will fail and you dont care about the minor league track record or the success he has had at the majors already? Why try to hide it by posting about Edwin Jackson? The baseball field is littered with high prospects who have failed but we all choose to be fans with the hope that our team will be different. You seem to take pride in not being a homer or a “Pollyanna” Yankee fan but how is being hopeful that our universally regarded prospect might actually be the real thing considered being a homer? If you cant get psyched up about Phil Hughes as a Yankee fan then you might as well just call yourself a baseball fan and forget even affiliating yourself with a team.

Hey..that’s scary. I hope we don’t have any Edwin Jackson’s in the Big Three.