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Originally Posted by alnorth
Funny thing is most people were wringing their hands about pitching (and still complain regularly about it).
We're #2 in the AL right now. We were #1 last season, and missed the playoffs because our offense sucked. We probably improved 2 of our worst spots in the lineup, but we were always counting on good or bounce-back years from everyone else, and if the team doesn't start hitting then once again we'll do nothing despite good pitching.
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But we didn't add any HR-pop, which I thought should have been priority #1 in the offseason.
I guess it's nice to have a true leadoff, but we might have been better off signing an RF with some punch and keeping Gordo at leadoff.