I agree but there are plenty of pitchers who really on two pitches and do pretty well… Sheets is predominantly a two pitch pitcher, he throws three but its really fastball and curve that he throws regulary. Soriano has a great Fastball and a good slider. So I’d be less worried about his ptiches and more worried about the stress it would put on his arm…. although if this surgery he just had is the fix he needed then that aspect shouldnt be a concern.

But i have to question the premise that we have plenty of bullpen arms… while i havent been one to criticize the bullpen this year, our pen was a product of the amount of injuries sustained, i must admit Im not sold on the idea that our bullpen can afford to lose Soriano. AS we saw this year a couple injuries leads to Boyer and Ohman both being in the top5 in appearances. I would rather leave Soriano in the bullpen… then we would have Gonzalez closing and Soriano and (hopefully) Moylan as the setup guys… which then gives us Ohman (if he is resigned) and Boyer in more favorable positions… Ohman as the LOOGY and Boyer in the 6th and used much more sparingly (and definately never in multiple inning duty)… then you throw in Bennet and Carlyle as our long men and the pen looks relatively strong. Even if we lose a guy we will still be ok… but if you take Soriano out our rotation might (and thats a big might) be better but our pen is very susceptible to injury.

..those are slightly wrong now that I think about it. it’s way last and past my bed time, if forgot to subtract relief innings for Campillo, Hudson, Jo-Jo and Morton.

So Campillo for example actually averaged 5.48 innings per start.

This is what happens when I get a wild hair up my ass at 2:30am when i should be sleeping.