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Once I heard about a hairdo I was expecting the dumb blonde Latino look. This is unreal!

Hell, that might mean that Peraza's days are numbered.

They'll probably lose Herrera on waivers though, when they decide to use Pennington as the backup. *eyeroll*

I mean, that's just how things seem to go with the decision making. It ends up being bad.

Other than my ears perking up when I saw Senzel's name I felt like I was reading Sanskrit!

Clay good write up brother. Over the years the approach to this time of year always changes. I remember being so enthusiastic before 2012 season it was almost cerebral masturbatory! By August I looked like a roasted pig with glazed eyes! I was having OBE's through September I was so burnt out! So I take it pretty slow til about mid March. I'm reading and soaking it in though. I can't wait to do my 25 man projected roster only stats in a few weeks. The real look inside the numbers! The pot is on the stove with water warming. Not anywhere near a slow boil!

Hope Disco is ready. They need inning eaters in the rotation. They need to cut down on the walks. A healthy Disco addresses that somewhat. He's still just one of five though.

I don't think Finnegan can stay healthy either, especially if he's in the rotation. They probably need to look at him in the bullpen instead. Or see if they can get something for him.

A bit worried about Bailey. What Bailey are we going to get? The one who struggles with his pitch count and can't hardly get out of the 5th inning? Or the one who can bring quality starts.

Garrett still needs to prove that he's not a headcase when dealing with adversity. I wonder how long he was injured last year. He was pitching fine until they sent him down and he threw a fit over it. Then, when he came back, he was getting shelled. It would be nice to write off his struggles on his bad hip. But I think it's more that his struggles -continued- because of it instead.

As far as the starting rotation goes, I just want to see five guys keeping their pitch counts in control. Walks were a killer last year. Both in driving the pitch counts up and in runners eventually scoring. I said it with Bailey... we need to see quality starts from the rotation overall. If we get that, we're competing. Period.

On to the position players...

Peraza needs to start showing some improvement. His pedigree is that he hits a lot better than Hamilton. But he's not doing it. But then again, with both of them, they cause chaos when they do get on base.

Revere probably blocks Ervin from making the opening day roster. That might be a good thing though. Let Ervin play every day in the minors and keep his bat fresh. He's not going to do that up with the big team. Revere seems to bring nothing more to the team than Hamilton and Peraza already bring. Except, he's not as good on defense and he isn't as fast. He'll swipe some bases though.

I agree. Winker is the only essential outfielder right now. Long term anyhow. Schebler has some room for improvement though. I'm surprised at how few at-bats he has at the major league level.