It sure is better than the last 9 years...or maybe more. But there are problems. Harang is iffy with the current revelation about his forearm. We have to hope it will heal. Volquez is young and good. Let's hope nothing happens there that might negate him (ala Jack Armstrong). Cueto has the potential to be good, but as we saw tonight, he doesn't handle adversity very well. He's also young so there is hope. Arroyo is really hard to figure out. I don't know what to think of him and neither does the baseball world either. Bailey and Thompson are question marks and they could blow up or blossom. It's a crap shoot.
Lots of questions and not many answers here. I think the baseball lords are watching us, but no one is willing to place a good bet on how this will work out.
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It's post like these that make me feel all nostalgic. It was only a few short months ago where I was saying the same things but was being blasted all over the board for always being negative.
That being said, you couldn't be more right. Especially when you think that he is on the wrong side of the hill. His performance will not likely get materially better. And when the youngsters start hitting their strides (like in 2010), all we will hear is that they need a better bullpen, especially a better closer.
Wayne wasn't a good GM. His area of expertise is in talent evaluation. There is a difference and we are paying the price for it.
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