The burning question for most teams as the 2010 season starts is can they compete? The Yankees just want to know if they are going to repeat! This is a team that went on an incredible ride in 2009 and is looking to do more of the same this season. With the talent that they have, there is no reason to think otherwise.

There was not a team in baseball that was as good as the Yankees last year in the regular or post season. They ripped through the American League Playoffs like a hot knife through butter and then opened up a can of it on the Phillies in the World Series. Arod more than made up for any woes and actually got shortchanged in the ALCS for MVP.

Pitching for the Yankees is rarely a concern, but the last two years have been insane. Once again, Mr. Sabathia will take his turn every five days or so and he is backed up with a group of pitchers who all have 15 win potential. We can say this because they have all done it before. It is not a hard job to take when your starters all but guarantee you over 60 wins on their own.

Talking about the bullpen is almost a waste of time. We all know what happens when the call to the pen gets made and so does the rest of baseball. There is flat out no better closer in baseball than Rivera. He has missed exactly seven save opportunities over the last three years. Just about every closer in the league blew that many last season alone.

As far as offenses go, it just does not get any better. Rodriguez is one of, if not the premier player in the league. There are a lot of young stars in the league with big bats, but few of them are on the hot corner and even less have the all around talent that Arod has. This is pretty much the same team that put up 103 wins last year and they will get pretty close to that again in 2010.

The defending champs definitely have some challenges in the early part of the season, but then it is smooth sailing for a few weeks. It is hard to imagine that the Yankees will not come out of April with the lead to the division and a huge win record. The Bronx Bombers will be up to their usual again in 2010.

Yankees fans are probably in store for yet another magical season of Yankee Baseball. While it is difficult to get back to the World Series with everyone gunning for, who is going stop them? Get ready to go another great ride because it just may be deja vu all over again for the Yankees. While it may not be the Phillies that they face off against, there is a very good chance that they will be one of two teams playing in November.

By Jake Kohler, article sponsored by TicketSeating.com. TicketSeating.com sells New York Yankees Tickets, MLB Tickets, Sports Tickets and more to your favorite events around the world.