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What's all this talk about the Yankees needing a No. 1 starter? Have we forgotten about Chien-Ming Wang? He's won 19 games two years in a row, took a perfect game into the eighth inning and has great poise on the mound. He did have one bad series against Cleveland, but is that enough to say he's not No. 1 material?
-- Eric W., Los Angeles

That's up to the observer. There are plenty of people out there who insist that Wang is really more of a solid No. 2, despite the 38 victories over the past two seasons. They've used the Cleveland postseason starts as ammunition this offseason, and until Wang gets back on a mound and starts chalking up wins, there's not a whole lot he can do.

The results of the AL Cy Young Award balloting, where Wang did not receive even one vote, were surprising. For the purposes of comparisons among "aces," Wang seems to have been hurt by high hit totals and low strikeout ratios.

Posada and second baseman Robinson Cano have been among the players who have stepped up and insisted the Yankees need an ace such as the Twins' Johan Santana for 2008. The decision seems to be a split one among the clubhouse, at best. Left-hander Andy Pettitte thinks the Yankees will be just fine as currently comprised, saying last month, "I think Wang is an absolute stud. An ace."