Quote (Wine @ Jul 17 2013 09:54am)
Hi Moofs,
I would like to respond to your post.
First of all, I would not sell either Buerhellel or JJ. Especially JJ. If you look at the starting pitchers available in the free agent market in 2014...the best available guys: Garza + Lincecum. Those guys will likely not come for cheap either, especially if they have strong second halves; and as we have seen with Lincecum, they can be just as shit as either of those two guys you want out.
I hope we do give up prospects to make a push. Regardless of whether that push is for next year or the year after, I believe we have a 2-3 year window to have a good chance at the playoffs. We should take advantage of this opportunity instead of delving another few decades of mediocrity.
Bullpen:
Yes, it has been great. We are obviously going to regress however. It is inevitable we will see more hits given up...a lot more. I do like the core going forward though.
Position Players:
I would like to rid of JP, I personally think everyone else has performed as expected.
Starting Pitching:
You summed it up well. I am starting to become a believer in Rogers, he definitely is a serviceable pitcher long term. There has been shit thrown around about the Jays getting Garza. I hope that happens. Even though Garza becomes a free agent at the end of the year, I would like to give this team a glimmer of hope that they are playoff-capable for next year.
If we just 'unloaded' what will that be saying to the teammates who wanted to win this year? Bautista and Edwin will off-the-bat be upset and angry. That psychological stuff can backfire longterm.
Think about it.
Oh.