Quote Originally Posted by Griffey012 View Post
You do realize how bad Seattle is offensively, correct? We have a .782 team OPS including a pitcher, Seattle has a .655 OPS with a DH. They are in the bottom 3 in nearly every offensive category. Our pitching performance against them should be taken with a grain of salt.

We need a true #1 for when we face guys like Carpenter, Wainwright, Halladay, and Jiminez who are true #1's on teams that can handle the stick a bit too.
Bingo!

But it fooled some people into thinking we had great starting pitching when we only have good starting pitching and no #1 ace.