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I'm Brian Webber were previewing the outstanding games you can see on the ML BL box this weekend I'm pleased to be joined. But foxsports.com. Senior baseball writer Ken Rosenthal. -- you'll be in Boston for the Yankees in the Red Sox the Sox got some bad news pitcher Clay Buchholz has a stress fracture in his back but the Yankees did not upgrade the rotation. At trade deadline so here's the bottom line. Which team has the better starting rotation.

At this moment -- and if the Yankees just look at the statistics to start off here. Yankees rotation -- 3.5. Nine the Red Sox is more than half run higher than. And then you look at the situation with buckled and you realize that for all the talk about how in the Yankees are. The Red Sox are -- in two I'm Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. He just acquired Erik Bedard is healthy Bedard should help. John Lackey has looked better at times of late but I'm not sure you can trust that just yet. Then they've got Tim Wakefield and Andrew Miller and perhaps it would do rod if He gets healthy as other alternatives. The Yankees meanwhile goal a little bit deeper out there that much better but they are deeper behind CC AJ Burnett. Phil Hughes who -- over and of course the two ancient Warriors. Portola Cologne and Freddy Garcia. All season long we've been waiting for those guys the ball park and yet it hasn't happened yet so at this moment right. I go with the Yankees but I still have serious questions about -- Cologne and Garcia can sustain it through October and what the get out of Hughes no.

Okay let's move on to a rematch of the National League Championship Series as the phils -- on the Giants. Severed just goes in a close race -- Arizona in the NL west and that's a big surprise. Are the Giants still the favorite to win that division.

The favorites Bryant simply because they've been there before in the World Series last year of course. Gain that experience experience that the Diamondbacks simply do not have. The problem with the Giants though is that their offense which was -- last year is even worse this season. And that is the case so far even with Carlos Beltran abort. Beltran off to a slow start since joining the Giants I do expect that the change. But let's face this team simply does not score runs. The Diamondbacks or the one team in the National League west really one of the few teams -- nationally in general that does score runs. Justin Upton of course coming into his own this season and just where Paul Goldschmidt the rookie he's given them a little bit of a jolt. An all around the Diamondbacks offense is far superior to the Giants and every other team in that NL west. So how does this play out well a lot of it will depend on the Diamondbacks pitching they've really relied on their two young starters He can the end Daniel Hudson. Just added Jason Marquis and He should add some stability He also has great numbers against the Giants. In the bullpen too was supplemented by the addition of Brad -- from the eighth. I just wondered in the heat of the pennant race if the Diamondbacks have enough overall. Back of the rotation for the bullpen. This is where the difference between the two teams is really still rather pronounced. I like the Giants but I would like to see the Giants.

All right Kenny thanks so much for the -- don't miss the end mobile clock starting at 4 PM eastern this Saturday on your local fox affiliate. For Ken Rosenthal on Brian what will see you next time.

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