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Forget trying to get a frontline starter; Bolster the bullpen and we'll be ok
Topic Started: Jul 15 2005, 05:01 PM (21 Views)
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The then Anaheim Angels of 2002 didn't have a great starting rotation. But they hit like hell and had a great bullpen capable of keeping them in every game. The way I see it this is what's going to have to be done for this year's team. I'm not willing to sacrifice too much of our future for this year, however we don't have too many ML players that are tradeable.

So what we do is we make a couple of deals to complete the pitching staff. Deal Henn and Proctor for Chacon. I don't like dealing a 24 year old lefty, but he's not going to help us this year and after failing in his first 3 starts I don't see Torre ever comfortably plugging him into the rotation.

I then go to Oakland and trade for Jay Payton and Ricardo Rincon. I'd love to get Sarloos who is pitching well and at some point will be the odd man out of that rotation, but I don't see a fit. Payton would be good enough in center, allowing Cabrera to continue to mature at AAA. Rincon is still tough against lefties and has got to be better then some of the crap we have out there.

Brown and Pavano will come back within the month and you've got to hold out hope one of them pitches well enough to be considered a guy they'd start in the playoffs.
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Jul 15 2005, 05:01 PM
The then Anaheim Angels of 2002 didn't have a great starting rotation. But they hit like hell and had a great bullpen capable of keeping them in every game. The way I see it this is what's going to have to be done for this year's team. I'm not willing to sacrifice too much of our future for this year, however we don't have too many ML players that are tradeable.

So what we do is we make a couple of deals to complete the pitching staff. Deal Henn and Proctor for Chacon. I don't like dealing a 24 year old lefty, but he's not going to help us this year and after failing in his first 3 starts I don't see Torre ever comfortably plugging him into the rotation.

I then go to Oakland and trade for Jay Payton and Ricardo Rincon. I'd love to get Sarloos who is pitching well and at some point will be the odd man out of that rotation, but I don't see a fit. Payton would be good enough in center, allowing Cabrera to continue to mature at AAA. Rincon is still tough against lefties and has got to be better then some of the crap we have out there.

Brown and Pavano will come back within the month and you've got to hold out hope one of them pitches well enough to be considered a guy they'd start in the playoffs.

You can't count on Brown or Pavano
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The then Anaheim Angels of 2002 didn't have a great starting rotation.


The difference is that they had starting pitchers. They might not have been good ones (except for Washburn...he won like 18 games) but they didn't have 2 starters. That's what we've got right now.
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