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Short in the tooth. (The Closer).
It's no surprise teams such as the Padres, Tigers and Royals are building for the future with young starting pitchers. What's shocking is how young their starters are.
The three youngest rotations in the big leagues were a combined 362 years old on opening day--an average of 24.1 years. Only one of the 15 pitchers--Royals lefthander Darrell May--is over 29, and he's only 30. The average age for major league starters is a shade over 28.
In contrast, the majors' oldest rotation, the Mets' starting five of Torn Glavine, AI Leiter, Steve Trachsel, Pedro Astacio (who will begin the season on the D.L.) and David Cone total 179 years (35.8 per man). The win-now Yankees, led by 40-year-old Roger Clemens, are next at 169 (33.8).
One other fun fact: The kids from San Diego, Detroit and Kansas City have 83 combined career victories. Padres ace Brian Lawrence leads the group with 17. Glavine had 18 himself last season.
Tigers (120, 24.0, 18). Rookie Jeremy
Bonderman, 20, is the No. 2 starter after one ...