01-21-2010, 05:04 PM
<!--quoteo(post=76839:date=Jan 21 2010, 02:37 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 21 2010, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This is sort of tangential, but Sheets wouldn't fill a hole in the #5 spot -- he'd fill a hole in the #1 spot. Because, really, we have:
1. ___________
2. Lilly (hurt -- who knows when he'll be healthy/effective)
3. Zambrano
4. Dempster
5. Wells (career year as a rookie?)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sure, it's possible he could turn out to be the ace of the staff. But I would say it's at least as likely that, after not pitching for a full year, he could either be terrible, or he could just keep getting hurt like he has his entire career. So there's no way you could sign him and just think he's going to be the ace.
1. ___________
2. Lilly (hurt -- who knows when he'll be healthy/effective)
3. Zambrano
4. Dempster
5. Wells (career year as a rookie?)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sure, it's possible he could turn out to be the ace of the staff. But I would say it's at least as likely that, after not pitching for a full year, he could either be terrible, or he could just keep getting hurt like he has his entire career. So there's no way you could sign him and just think he's going to be the ace.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk