05-04-2010, 11:05 AM
<!--quoteo(post=94551:date=May 4 2010, 08:25 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ May 4 2010, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I have yet to form an opinion on this team. I may still not have an opinion until the all-star beak, but this season reminds me a little of 2007, where we get good pitching (save for the pen) but the offense is inconsistent. Maybe if we hang in there for a while and make a trade in July, we can go on a nice run. I do agree with Ruby though, that this is a hard bunch to dislike, for their efforts alone.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah I was thinking a few days ago that this team feels like 07. Which is a good thing for me considering how I felt coming in. Colvin and Byrd have both been very pleasant surprises and other than Alf in left and Zambrano's pickoff moves our defense hasn't been quite as bad as I feared.
I still think we are probably two bullpen arms and one impact position player away from legitimately contending for a playoff spot. Hopefully Castro and some trades can solve that.
Really if we even had a decent pen and had Ramirez shown up at all we could have a pretty good record. But the next two weeks look fairly light, so hopefully we will make a run.
The bad thing is, its gonna take a lot more wins to win the division than it did in 07. Although after the Cardinals the rest of the division is brutal.
Yeah I was thinking a few days ago that this team feels like 07. Which is a good thing for me considering how I felt coming in. Colvin and Byrd have both been very pleasant surprises and other than Alf in left and Zambrano's pickoff moves our defense hasn't been quite as bad as I feared.
I still think we are probably two bullpen arms and one impact position player away from legitimately contending for a playoff spot. Hopefully Castro and some trades can solve that.
Really if we even had a decent pen and had Ramirez shown up at all we could have a pretty good record. But the next two weeks look fairly light, so hopefully we will make a run.
The bad thing is, its gonna take a lot more wins to win the division than it did in 07. Although after the Cardinals the rest of the division is brutal.