He's also very happy about the acquisitions of CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett:Rivera, who turned turned 39 on Nov.29, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his throwing shoulder this offseason but said he'll be ready for Opening Day.
"Everything is OK, a lot of rehabbing," he said. "It's definitely painful, but everything is good."
"I think they're good acquisitions, I think they can help us out," Rivera said of Sabathia and Burnett. "With good pitching, we can have a lot of good things. It has been the problem for a few years, so now we have pitching, and hopefully we'll get it going.
"There's nothing guaranteed; you still have to go out there and perform, (but) pitching is the name of the game," added Rivera, who spent yesterday afternoon signing autographs at Last Licks ice cream parlor in Ryebrook. "It's great to have veterans at the front of the rotation."
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I really hope Mo will be fine after the surgery. He was coming off a great year and with all the talk about the starting rotation, he's kind of slipped under the radar. But we need him. Badly. Even if Joba goes back to the pen.
No doubt, the Yankees have to have Mo at 100%.
Totally off topic, but I just read Kei Igawa is the pitcher the Brewers want in the Melky/Cameron deal. For me, that makes the deal much more appealing.
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