[Sylvanfan]

They need to get more relievers who can bring heat out of the bullpen. This pen just couldn't miss enough bats.

It's too bad the Ramirez trade never happened, but I think it's like how after 91 when they made those block buster deals to adjust the makeup of the team. They need a middle of the order Left Handed bat. Forget trying Moreno at 7 different positions....if they guy can catch, use him as a catcher and trade one of Kirk or Jansen. As others note one of Hernandez or Gurriel needs to be swapped out too.

Starting...I didn't think was that bad compared to the league. Paying for free agent pitching just seems like a poor value proposition to me. I think Kikuchi and Ryu are more or less sunk cost. Hope that Ryu can get you thru an order twice every 5 games. Look at Kikuchi as a 2-3 inning guy who follows an opener, and 1 inning guy in between. Look at Berrios and try to figure out why his breaking pitches were so flat at work to fix that.