I don't think they're a bunch of question marks... I'm still waiting for Bonderman to live up to expectations - he SHOULD be a staff ace but he's never gotten there. He's still a #3 starter in my eyes. Nate Robertson is a reliable #4, and I think Dontrell Willis should fit into the middle of the rotation just fine too.
Keep in mind that right now, Bonderman's ERA is actually quite a bit better than Verlanders. We'll see how the next month transpires but I still think we're likely to have a "middle of the pack" ERA in terms of our starters. The bullpen is kinda scary. We *NEED* Rodney and Zumaya to be healthy. Rodney went to see Dr. James Andrews the other day and if you follow baseball closely, you know a trip to Dr. Andrews is never a good sign. In this case, however, Dr. Andrews didn't think surgery was necessary, and Rodney just got an injecting and will start throwing again in a few days. Hopefully he'll be back soon. Joel Zumaya is, thankfully, on schedule for a return in July and will hopefully start pitching off the mound again in early May. And then, there's Todd F'ing Jones. -- Rick Root New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind the scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258685 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
