The number of rookie starters is certain to grow after Saturday because clubs can expand their rosters.

For all of the Yankees' pitching injuries, their rookie starters have not been their problem.

Injuries have forced the Yankees to use seven rookie starters, and the team has held its own in their starts, with a 10-11 record.

He is in his third year, and Reeves feels that gives him an advantage over true rookie starters.

But the offensive players are quick to cite the defense, with its shifting lineup and rookie starters.

The three of them, who won jobs as rookie starters in 1991, are now simply candidates for the fifth spot in the rotation.

No other team has used more than two rookie starters.

You know how I feel about rookie starters, but he was starting about five games after the season began.

In other cases, Gebhard suggested, teams promote rookie starters because they are ready for the final step.

It was also playing with two rookie starters, and nearly everyone shuffled into new spots.