by Treyomo » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:37 am
This is going to sound rough, but I think you've been fortunate so far. Your bullpen has overperformed and 3-Finger is en fuego. If they return to even average Forbes form, you could be in trouble. Monitor your performance - if the hitting stays as is, but the pitching starts to falter to a 3.75 team ERA (probably reasonable for that pitching staff and defense), you might want to check the market.
I wouldn't panic now, but I might open lines of communications with a few teams. Covington, Bando, and Crosetti are all valuable commodities in hitters park. Perhaps find a struggling hitting team, offer up a package of some or all of those 3, and they might have a better defensive RF (to replace Cov) and stronger OBP in exchange for your power. ONeill will improve, but he's been a . 240 hitter the two times I tried him.