05-15-2009, 07:16 PM
I'd still rather wait to see what we need in 1-2 months. Unless we lose 7 or 8 in a row and can't score runs, shouldn't be looking for a month rental for a third baseman. Fontenot, Scales, and Freel are just fine there for a bit, we should still score plenty enough runs.
But injuries happen, a real hole may be evident in a month or two, let's wait until then to see what we need. As of right now, we have the best rotation in the league so I don't think we should be really looking to acquire a starting pitcher. If we can get Peavy, that's awesome, but it's still not a need by any means. I'm confident in our top four starters in the playoffs, if Harden's healthy, which he wasn't really last time around. I think Dempster and Lilly will both do much better this time, they've each talked about how they want that chance at redemption.
I wanted Lilly starting game one or two last year with how well he'd been pitching. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball after April. He was crap for us in 07, and crap for the A's in 2002, but in two games in 2003 against the Red Sox...
9 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K.
So he's done it before.
But injuries happen, a real hole may be evident in a month or two, let's wait until then to see what we need. As of right now, we have the best rotation in the league so I don't think we should be really looking to acquire a starting pitcher. If we can get Peavy, that's awesome, but it's still not a need by any means. I'm confident in our top four starters in the playoffs, if Harden's healthy, which he wasn't really last time around. I think Dempster and Lilly will both do much better this time, they've each talked about how they want that chance at redemption.
I wanted Lilly starting game one or two last year with how well he'd been pitching. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball after April. He was crap for us in 07, and crap for the A's in 2002, but in two games in 2003 against the Red Sox...
9 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K.
So he's done it before.
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