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herbie's avatar

While I hope Lynch recovers quickly, I can't say I am sad to see him out of the rotation. I was kinda hoping they sent him down to work on his command because I just don't think he is starting material right now. I am concerned with how positive he has been about his stuff, but hopefully he sees an approaching corner that he is about to turn. I have a feeling mgmt were going to have to get creative with this rotation pretty soon anyway. Little surprised to see Staumont and Lovelady sent down, but sounds like they will be back soon. I think JBJ and Duffy have to declare today if they opt out, (next chance May1) so maybe that means more news coming soon.

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I hope the new coaches alone are worth 10 wins but I just don't know. With the exception of Singer this is a bad rotation. I know . Greinke had an Era under 4 last year but I just don't think you can count on a 39 yr old. The problem with Greinke is that he's a 5 inning pitcher at this point in his career. Singer had a winning record because he went farther into the games than any other starter so they didn't have to use as many relievers. This team doesn't have that many dominant relievers. You bring in 4 or 5 different pitchers in a game, especially a close game someone is going to get hit especially with the shift ban. To get away from this problem starters have to go farther in the games. At least 7 innings. If they go 7 then you can get thru the game with maybe 2 relievers. I'm a big believer in the phrase the more moving parts you have the more problems you're going to have. I also don't have a lot of confidence in the starting lineup. I know that spring training doesn't mean much but the last 12 games they are 3 and 9 and look an awful lot like last year's team. Most of the guys that will be on this team have stopped hitting and although some of the pitchers look decent a couple usually get hammered. They don't have anyone in the rotation built up yet and opening day is just a week away. I know that a lot of people were high on the WBC but I was not. All of those young guys should have been in camp. Singer pitched only a few innings in three weeks. He's their best starter and he should be up to 6 inning a game right now. Pasquintino is struggling but he'll bounce back pretty quick. I think Witt needed the most work in camp. He's young and has a lot of holes in his game.

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