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Originally Posted by Orcin
Congrats on getting to the playoffs... it's been a while since the Mariners did that. I'll be interested in what the Hydra looks like after you have an entire off-season to tinker.
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Thanks, man! Top of the list will definitely be to get Oswalt healthy and lock up one other decent SP, plus maybe another mediocre SP. Aceves didn't get the job done in 2012. I think ideally The System would have one high #3 / low #2 type SP plus one high #4 and one low #4 type. Considering that most money in a traditional rotation is spent on the top two guys, this is still much cheaper thanthat, but any pitching system needs some guys who can soak up medium-leverage innings. In an ideal model, at least two of those three SP's would come out of the farm system, so you'd only have to pay a free agent contract or give away trade bait for one of them. I think having a farm system able to replenish 2 SP's is a more realistic and reliable model than expecting it to provide 4 SP's. Worst case, we pay for 2 free agent SP's, not the end of the world as long as they aren't the big-money aces.