"Remember Friday the 13th as the night in January when the Yankees' eerily silent off-season suddenly got loud. And who knows? Come October, you might just remember it as the night the Yankees added the starting pitching they needed to win another title.

In the time it takes the Yankees and Boston Red Sox to play about four innings, general manager Brian Cashman added two arms to what was once a thin rotation. From Seattle comes right-hander Michael Pineda, an intimidating, 6-7, 260-pounder who was an American League All-Star as a rookie last season. And from Los Angeles comes 36-year old Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, who has won 41 games in four big-league seasons.

Pineda, who throws in the mid- to high-90s with a lethal slider, figures to step right into the No. 2 spot in the Yankee rotation behind CC Sabathia. For the Mariners last season, Pineda struck out 173 in 171 innings and held opposing hitters to a .211 batting average. "I don't know anyone who doesn't project him as a No. 1 down the road," one American League scout said. "He's got a big, big arm."

Kuroda, who had an ERA of 3.07 in 2011, figures to be either a No. 3 or 4 starter, depending on how 16-game winner Ivan Nova gets out of the gate. "A dependable guy who will give them quality innings," the scout said. "An upgrade on what they had.""