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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Truth be told, I didn't expect it out of the lineup you had yet you guys pretty much led wire to wire.
Do you expect regression from some of those guys? I mean ultimately you won 95 games while getting 3 WAR out of Alex. If you do, why? Most of them are in/entering their primes. And shit, Infante almost can't be as bad as he was last year.
I guess 4 wins worth of regression isn't really that unheard of, but if a 95 win team that's only losing 1 impact player from the roster would be suddenly considered a 'fringe' playoff team, that pretty much makes every team in baseball fringe level.
At that point don't you just subscribe to the tossup model and say it's all just one wild ass guess anyway?
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I'm more concerned with the pitching staff, namely Herrera and Davis. Lot of miles on those guys the last two seasons going deep into the playoffs. They paid Soria to help shoulder some of that load, so that should help. But he's basically just taking Madson's place. And while Holland wasn't terribly effective, he took on some of those late game innings in 2015 as well.