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I really really like how DM has built the farm system. But his ability to acquire major league starting pitching has been pretty poor. On the other hand, having Paulino and Duffy's arms fall off at the same time is pretty unfortunate. Wil Smith is really coming on, based on what I'm seeing. Dwyer/Monty are looking increasingly like they won't work out. Odorizzi looks like a AAAA pitcher to me, but I will watch again tonight and see if he changes my mind. Ventura/Adams/Rodgers are all looking good at their low-levels of pitching and maybe that's where DM is ultimately planning on deriving his rotation. Hopefully Zimmer is ready sooner than later. DM will ultimately be successful in the major leagues, imo. He identifies too much talent not too. But he needs Glass to let go of the purse strings to make a run, though. Just commit 40 million to the pitching staff and watch a 40 game swing year-over-year.
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