my greatest fear this offseason is Bloom sitting on his hands, waiting til the last minute as the SP free agent corpse gets picked over until there is nothing left but scraps, to sign some oft-injured, aging veteran.
i get a rest day in the middle or later in the season, but in the middle of a hot streak is stupid. and just as bad is a rest day during the first few weeks of the season.
too bad we can't use this pen every single night.
Phillies didn't do us any favors losing to the Jays tonite. M's leading Royals 8-5 in another crazy game.
sorry...i didn't mean to sound if i was pointing you out as one of "Bloom's defenders". i've always considered your analysis -on anything- as very fair-minded. a bit overly-optimistic at times but very fair.
Bloom had best add some quality starting pitching or it's gonna get ugly next year. of course his defenders will say it's really a 10 or 15 year plan instead of 5.
i've been watching Emerson Hancock of the Arkansas Travelers (Mariners AA club) all year. glad to see he got called up the other day. i think he's going to do well for them.