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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
they should have done this last year.....
I swear, every year it's some other excuse for this franchise.....
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I'm not making an excuse.
We were pretty vocal - especially Deez and I, if I recall correctly - about pursuing at least one more pitcher in the offseason (though from hearing Petro today, our favorite Edwin Jackson was apparently never a consideration because he wanted to pitch in the NL).
I'm not excusing the behavior. I'm saying "They should have done things differently."
The Royals really need to correct the oversight this year and get aggressive about adding more starting pitching. Whether that's through trade or free agency, I don't care. To not pursue a starter would require a lot of things breaking right:
1) Hochevar pitching the whole year at his second-half 2011 level.
2) Danny Duffy's elbow being fine, and Danny finishing in the 3.75 ERA/1.30 WHIP/9.0 K/9 range
3) Mike Montgomery building on recent success in Omaha and kicking ass the second half of the year, forcing a July/August call-up in which he shines.
4) Bruce Chen and or Felipe Paulino or Adcock or Teaford showing to be solid 4-5 guys.
Otherwise, they'd better be beating the bushes to find some starters in the offseason.
They're going to be positioned well to trade for a starter, too. Plenty of depth in the low minors for them to pull something off. (I'd think Cuthbert or Bonifacio + Adam or Ventura would be the start to building a nice package for a Gio Gonzalez type guy).
All that said... the starting pitching really has not been the issue this season, outside of the Cleveland series.