Couple knee-jerk rteactions;
1) That Colo series sucked!
2) Looks to me like DeRosa (.167) at third base is a bust. Even Tejada is quicker to the ball and a better fit at third, until the Panda gets back, than DeRosa. I think DeRosa has had plenty of time to prove one way or another if he can be a major player, as advertised, for this team. Thumbs down from what i can see!
3)Rowand is in a big time slump and again swinging at balls way outside or in the dirt. Let the young lefty Schierholtz start in Right, Burrel, who's hot, in Left, and Torres play center with Ross and Rowand grabbing some pine,...meat.
4) Bullpen troubles? Doesn't look good, We'll see!
5) As for our offensive team in general, nobody seems to be hitting up to their potential with some of our big guys taking center stage. We are doing ok but we need some guys to pick it up and start smacking that old ball around the park. A few gappers here and there is fine but i wanna see guys smacking them off the walls or better yet, over the fences. Come on guys, too many of you are behind the pitch and fouling good to hit pitches off, swinging at bad pitches you couldn't possibly hit, or just plain getting cheated in your halfhearted cuts up there. Play like you practice!!
All said and done, i'm still way happy with our Team this year. We're going to use, need a lot of guys and our bench and pen will, IMO, be the difference in the long season over the other contenders. Yes, it's nice to be in a offensive slump and not playing all that well yet still winning so many games and being one of the top teams but...WE CAN DO BETTER!!!
Joey