The Baseball Stars

starting pitchers

red sox-josh beckett, jon lester, daisuke matsuzaka, tim wakefield, brad penny, john smoltz, justin masterson, clay buchholz, michael bowden

yankees-cc sabathia, aj burnett, andy pettitte, chien-ming wang, joba chamberlain, philip hughes, ian kennedy, alfredo aceves, brett tomko

edge-red sox have more organizational depth. a mixture of veterans and youngsters

bullpen

red sox-jon papelbon, hideki okajima, manny delcarmen, takashi saito, ramon ramirez, javier lopez, daniel bard (future closer), hunter jones

yankees-mariano rivera, brian bruney, damaso marte, edwar ramirez, jose veras, jonathan albaladejo, phil coke, david robertson

edge-red sox. again yankees' bullpen, save for rivera, marte and to a lesser extent, bruney are all minor leaguers last year. red sox bullpen has a mixture of established closer-calibered players and high-touted prospects