It's not THAT much weaker. Rotation is identical, bullpen is probably about the same when factoring in the additions and subtractions, the hitters are mostly the same except a year older (for an already old core) with Morales being a downgrade from EE, and Pearce being an upgrade over our previous LF situation with potential for Pompey to eventually be healthy for more than a month and show what he's got. It's really not a bad team at all, sure maybe it's closer to .500 than to division winner, but definitely can't be writing anyone off 7 games into the regular season.