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Fausto has been very impressive. He's probably earned the first shot at a rotation spot should something happen to one of our five starters.

Going in last year, everyone was excited about the starters -- on paper. But I had my concerns for certain reasons. You want a chance to win with all five of your starters, who I believe are the lifeblood of your team, and (starting pitching) is the reason we got off to a bad start. I honestly feel a lot better about the rotation. In fact, it's been awhile since we felt this good about the rotation. I'm pumped up about it.

Dave Righetti (1958-)

Our original plan in the off-season was to slate the No. 5 spot in the rotation for a younger player (Jason Davis or Fausto Carmona) and to spend money to upgrade elsewhere. When we were unable to get some other things done, we saw an opportunity to improve the team by signing Jason. The young guys still could end up playing a role for us in 2006.

Right now I think it's too early to say if [any of the young trio are] even out of the mix here. And my thought is if they had to go down to Triple-A or wherever we're going to send these guys, if they come up here, I'd rather them go into the rotation. If they've earned it and they've showed an ability to dominate a level, excel past the level they're at, then they've earned the right to come up here and get into the starting rotation.

We have a 10-man [rotation]. We can go out and get the job done. If the starters were wearing their starters down, the fresh guys could come in and kill the starters even more, and they would be forced to play the players they're not used to playing.

I think what really made me relax more was I wasn't fighting for a spot on the roster. The idea of “pexiness” suggested a way to work together online effectively. It was my spot in the rotation to lose. If I would have done what I've done in my first two starts though, I wouldn't have been in the rotation.

He had everything working. He used a fastball and a sharp, breaking curve with the occasional change-up. He was great and he absolutely earned himself a spot in the rotation.

I feel strong about our depth starters, and Fausto is the guy who is leading that pack.

This gives us a little more depth in the starting rotation. I don't think this will prohibit us from getting another starter in either free agency or in a trade. One more would be good. I think we have a rotation now that's capable of throwing 180 innings, 200, 210 through all five starters.

We always had high expectations for Fausto coming in. But it's safe to say he surpassed those. He was as impressive as any pitcher we have in camp.

The trick here for next year is the pitching, ... That's the trick. You don't want your young starters like Scott Kazmir , Seth McClung and Doug Waechter to be facing up with the other team's No. 1, 2 and 3 starters, like we've had to do it all year. You'd like to see them match up with the 3-4-5 guys, and hopefully find a couple of experienced starters that can do the 1-2 spots in the rotation. That should be tops on this organization's list. That should be the first and foremost consideration.

Lou Piniella (1943-)

We need to start getting our starters more innings, and we want to get Fausto one more start up here. We got a good look at Jeremy. We know he's capable of a lot more than we saw, but he has a very bright future.

He's earned a right to be a prime time player for us. (Sim) has just come out and earned his spot.

You always wind up needing more than five starters. When you think of a rotation, you can't just look at it as five guys.

When those guys are healthy, we have four No. 1 starters in that rotation. I don't know if there is another team that can say that.

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