We are 20 games over. 500 in spite of how many games we have blown so we have to be glad about that. But I know we will all be much happier when our SP is back up to speed.
JD is at least making the effort. Past two drafts he drafted mostly pitchers. Matuelo's latest injury really hurt and the verdict is still out on Tate. Problem for us now is it takes years to develop and then maybe they amount to something.
Individual circumstances do work out, but overall it is a risky venture to spend a lot of either type of currency for pitching.
I love being so far up, but I personally am trying to look forward to see how this team stacks up in the postseason. We are behind where I thought we would be in that regard. I expected much more from our bullpen and I expected better health from our starters.
It seems like many times when we draft a starter with a lot of promise we start hearing within a year or 2 how they might eventually transition to a reliever. I have already heard that about both Tate and Ortiz. It has been awhile since we had guys steamroll right through the minors and succeed greatly at every level the way Holland and Feliz did a few years back.
Come on Griffen. Mow 'em down and go deep.
Nope, failed again.
