Andrew Abbott

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(06-04-2023, 08:18 PM)samhain Wrote: I'm of the opinion that it's time to look outside the organization to beef up the pitching.  

The offense should be more than fine for the rest of the year and in 2024.  I'm not so sure about the staff.

Having young arms is a wonderful thing, but sometimes a young staff needs a solid vet at the top or in the middle to teach them how to be major leaguers.  Pitchers rarely arrive in MLB ready to be dominant.  Inning-eating middle relievers should be a not brainer.  If they'd have invested in the pen this year, they could be fairly solid divisional contenders.

Yup

At the start of the season I had high hopes for the Greene, Lodolo, and Ashcraft trio being a decent starting core for us. It just hasn't happened. Lodolo is down for who knows how long? Ashcraft has hit a wall. And Greene, who's pitched better of late, and should have a couple more wins with any run support. But he's had his struggles as well. 

We've used 12 different starting pitchers and we're only a little over a 1/3 of the way through the season. I'd love to see them make a trade for a middle of the road starting vet that could come in and help mold these young pitchers and get us a few wins.