04-02-2010, 01:33 PM
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I don't know why people have been so down on our rotation. I think it's one of the best in baseball. We just don't have a dominant "ace", but that matters way more to me in the postseason than the regular season. It's not like Zambrano's gonna be matched up against Tim Lincecums in his 35 starts. He, Dempster, Lilly, and Wells are all very capable of winning 15+. I'd rather have 4 #2-#3 pitchers than a super ace and not much else.
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On paper, the 2010 starting rotation looks significantly weaker than the 2009 starting rotation. Losing Harden and adding Silva did not make the staff stronger.
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Harden could be a pain in the ass but the guy was able to pull out 6 innings of no hitter type stuff on any given start. Unfortunately, he was just as likely to not make it past the 3 inning and require additional time off between starts.
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The starters may not be get a lot of accolades this year but they should be fine.
Unfortunately, the bullpen is another story.
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He was very blah last year. I think our top 4 starters do best better than he did. 4.09 ERA, gave up 23 homers in 141 innings, and went over 6 innings just 5 times. All of our other four will do that on regularity which will keep the bullpen fresh. And Gorzelanny/Silva/whoever else won't be anything special, but it's a #5 starter. Few teams in baseball are very proud of who they have back there. The key is our top 4 being able to make 30 starts each.
I don't know why people have been so down on our rotation. I think it's one of the best in baseball. We just don't have a dominant "ace", but that matters way more to me in the postseason than the regular season. It's not like Zambrano's gonna be matched up against Tim Lincecums in his 35 starts. He, Dempster, Lilly, and Wells are all very capable of winning 15+. I'd rather have 4 #2-#3 pitchers than a super ace and not much else.
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On paper, the 2010 starting rotation looks significantly weaker than the 2009 starting rotation. Losing Harden and adding Silva did not make the staff stronger.
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Harden could be a pain in the ass but the guy was able to pull out 6 innings of no hitter type stuff on any given start. Unfortunately, he was just as likely to not make it past the 3 inning and require additional time off between starts.
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The starters may not be get a lot of accolades this year but they should be fine.
Unfortunately, the bullpen is another story.
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He was very blah last year. I think our top 4 starters do best better than he did. 4.09 ERA, gave up 23 homers in 141 innings, and went over 6 innings just 5 times. All of our other four will do that on regularity which will keep the bullpen fresh. And Gorzelanny/Silva/whoever else won't be anything special, but it's a #5 starter. Few teams in baseball are very proud of who they have back there. The key is our top 4 being able to make 30 starts each.
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