Why does Harden suck this year?

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Overall, our pitching hasn't been bad, but take a closer look -- Dempster is nowhere close to where he was last season. Ditto Harden. Marmol was potentially the best reliever in the game last season. Again -- not close. Lilly has been consistent, but that's about all you can say.

I'd still say we're pretty lucky to be at .500.
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Randy Wells has been amazing and I really don't think we can expect that in the 2nd half.
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Yeah. Wells has been a very pleasant surprise.

It would be nice if we can take 3 of 4 from the Nats to start the second half. A four game sweep would be even better.
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And Z despite his lack of a brain, has managed to pitch consistently well, and probably should have 7-8 wins by now if we ever gave him any run support.