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Originally Posted by Vox Populi
Tampa's "big steps back" still leaves them holding, at worst, the second best rotation in the division, and the new bullpen isn't chicken feed by any means. They lost Crawford, but his eventual replacement has been in-house all along. It'd be foolish to write them off, much less out of contention.
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I'm definitely not writing them off, but they got worse than last year. Their replacement for Crawford might be in-house but that doesn't mean he's gonna be putting up Crawford like numbers any time soon.
Their team has a ton of potential obviously but they're breaking in a couple rookies this year. Maybe they go crazy and produce right out of the gates but more likely than not they'll go through some growing pains.
They might have the second best rotation in the division but its not like it doesn't have as many questions as other teams in the division. They have Price who should be great, followed by Shields who was as bad as Burnett last year, two guys who had solid years last year in Davis and Niemann and a rookie in Hellickson. They have a ton of potential but still have questions.