tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post6533803023415761189..comments2023-10-10T12:46:47.186-04:00Comments on The Green Weenie: The Worst Ever? Nah, Just Seems Like It.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-48285334933562035842009-09-18T16:15:33.133-04:002009-09-18T16:15:33.133-04:00Mark, I wish I shared your confidence. Evan Meek ...Mark, I wish I shared your confidence. Evan Meek is the only major bullpen arm coming back; I think they said Yate's surgery will cost him the 2010 campaign, or most of it, anyway. <br /><br />They really need to add a bat or three, and as long as they're promoting from within, that's pretty much Pedro and just maybe Jeff Clement.<br /><br />Still, the one thing that could keep them interesting next year is their starting pitching; it could be decent, at least by Pittsburgh standards. <br /><br />A warning - the paper just said today that Kerrigan, like Hill, isn't sure if he's coming back. All the Pirates need is yet another pitching coach; it'll be something like the fifth in six years.<br /><br />But I agree that just settling into regular positions and having a full spring together, along with some OK arms, will make them a better team in 2010. Now if someone can just hit the dang ball...Ron Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-91012178364137899562009-09-18T01:53:46.030-04:002009-09-18T01:53:46.030-04:00The offense has truly been atrocious since the tra...The offense has truly been atrocious since the trades. It was pretty bad before that as well. But a small positive sign that I see is the large number of games the team has been ahead in the 6th inning, yet lost.<br /><br />Last year, after Aug 1, the team collapsed and had a 16-37 record with pretty much the same team that opened the 2009 year pretty decently.<br /><br />And that realizing that our best position players weren't even on the team then. AMac and Jones came up mid year.<br /><br />If the Pirates can fix the bullpen for next year, that will help a lot. Right now a lot of guys are out, and that means there are people on the mound that probably shouldn't be.<br /><br />No promises from me, but I don't think we'll see losing at this same ace next year.MarkInDallasnoreply@blogger.com