You Got To Earn It

According to David Lennon from News Day, "Matsui Must Produce or Sit". Lennon speaks on some comments that Manager Willie Randolph made on Friday. We all know that Kaz has to produce this spring to earn the job. However this article was not totally about how Matsui has to earn the starting job, its also about Victor Zambrano and the #4 spot in the rotation. When asked if Vic was guaranteed the starting job, Willie responded by saying "No, not necessarily, You might look at our rotation and say he's pretty much in there, but I'm never going to say that because you don't know. We have three or four guys in the back of the depth chart that might step up and knock my socks off. He has to compete." This is music to my ears. I think that Aaron Heilman is a better pitcher than Victor Zambrano. If anyone of the two deserved a spot in the rotation it would be Heilman. Now we know that both spots are open. We have may guys who are very capable of being good starters on our team, including Jose Lima, Brian Bannister, Alay Solar, Yusaku Iriki, and of course the two likely candidates Zambrano and Heilman. It should he a tight race to the finish, and competition is always good.