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Old 12-16-2008, 10:05 PM   #47
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Re: Willy Taveras

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Originally Posted by pahster View Post
Are you sure? Could the lack of winning be related, perhaps, to the lack of quality pitching? Maybe?
Last year, the Reds had an OPS+ of 93 and an ERA+ of 99. In other words, we had a crappy offense and league average pitching. We've lost 2 of our top 3 run producers from the 2008 offense (Dunn and Hairston). Our biggest loss on the pitching side was a middle reliever (Affeldt).

Certainly your point is true if generically applied to the last decade. But given the current roster as of today, our pitching is stronger than our offense and frankly it's not really close.
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