Long write up on Travis D'Arnaud's offensive struggles and whether Plawecki might leapfrog him
http://astromets.blogspot.ca/2014/06/on-travis-arnauds-slow-start-offensively.html
Well, it IS something right now
But I don't expect the pitching to hold up. We pretty much knew Morrow was going to implode. And he still didn't add a single starter until he got Hendriks off the waiver wire. Foolish.
Imagine our rotation with any one of Darvish, Tanaka or Anibal Sanchez. All guys we could have signed with zero cost in prospects. (Draft pick for Sanchez but still...)
Anyhow, hindsight, and there's no point dwelling on it. But AA really should have played ball in the SP free agent market this off season or the one before it.
Tampa increased payroll by 20 million dollars this off season
And will probably win 20 fewer games than they did last year
That feels vaguely familiar...