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If Lidle pitches decently I think we have a really good shot at winning it all. The bullpen is coming around and we most definitely have the offense (especially with Cano, Matsui and Sheff coming back). Mussina and Wang have been awesome. Johnson has his good days and his terrible days. Wright hasn't been that bad, he's had a couple of bad starts that make his numbers look worse than they are (though opponents are batting .301 off of him).
If Lidle pitches like Chacon did last season we have a solid 3 with Johnson (who is capable of brilliance) and Wright holding down the back end serviceably. We'll have fresh arms in the pen in Chacon and Ponson (though I feel like Ponson might get DFA) who would probably pitch better facing batters once. Villone has been good, Proctor and Farnsworth have been lights out lately, Myers has done his job and Rivera is Rivera. Our pitching really isn't as bad as people lead on, what are we, like 4th in the AL in ERA?
The more I think about it the more I really like this deal.
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