Comments on: Quality is a start

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:46:49 +0000

I’m thinking fourth, assuming pitching, would go a long ways towards getting this year to finish in a happier way.

The bullpen has to be better than last year, I’m thinking, so we shouldn’t be blowing the number of games we blew last year. Of course, our new 8th inning guy has to be back from shoulder surgery for that pen to be a real strength, but it actually might be a strength if he is. I like Atlanta’s pen better than ours, but aside from them I like our guys. I have to give Amaro that.

All those offensive “ifs” are going to be the issue. More runs, less streaky. And I agree – we need a danged bat from the right side.

So ok, you DID suggest “Ya gotta believe” a couple of days ago.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:43:16 +0000

I’d guess fourth or fifth in the league in scoring maybe if they got good years from all those guys? That could be more than enough if the pitching is good enough. But I’d guess the hitting won’t be nearly that good unless they add some bats.

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By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:00:17 +0000

2nd. 7th. 8th.

Probably need to work on that tendency, huh.

No way we get back to 2nd. But IF (stop me if you’ve heard this before) Utley/Howard/Young/Brown come close to either past performances or elevated expectations, we ought to make up some of that ground.

How high do you think we could go? IF, of course.