With all the talk the "Big Three", Chamberlain, Hughes, and Kennedy vying for spots on the 2008 Yankee rotation, we may have forgotten about another big contract, big name possibility. And this pitcher is on the Yankee roster! No, not Mike Mussina. No, not Andy Pettitte. No, certainly not Kei Igawa.

How can you not remember the "American Idle"? Who? You know...Carl Pavano. Yeah, he really is on the Yankee 40-man roster although he will begin the season on the 60-day DL list (go figure). He is in Yankee camp and throwing. This is also his last year of that $40 million year debacle contract.

Here is a link to the story from the NY Post:

When it comes to Carl Pavano's potential impact with the Yankees, team VP Billy Connors notes both the pitcher's talent and previous excellence.

"This guy, he was a hell of a pitcher with Miami. And he's got ability," Connors told The Post yesterday after "The American Idle" showed up at the Yankees' minor-league complex in Tampa as he rehabs from June 5 rotator-cuff surgery.

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