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Originally Posted by Caged Great
There is a difference. We are actually making steps to address weaknesses with realistic long term solutions. The pen is no longer god awful and will be semi decent for a few years.
Now we only need an above average LF, a decent DH, and a pair of starters (1 #1/#2, and one #3/#4) and we're ready for the playoffs.
If you bump the payroll up to 100 million (only raising it by 17 mil over this year), you should definitely be able to fill all of those holes without difficulty.
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I think they need a second baseman as well... if you're going to have a guy playing there who hits around .230/.240 you need at least average D - Johnson isn't horrible with the glove but he has no range at all. There are no blue chippers in the system at second either and not a lot of great players on the trade market there, that and the two starters are going to be tough to find without giving up some of the great pitching prospects they have coming. At least pitching wise there are a couple guys available on the free agent market if rogers decides to spend some dough.
LF could potentially come from within (although I am not sold on that myself for next year) and DH's are easy to come by in the offseason.