but the post didn’t make sense. the issue is whether or not that rotation, the one with the addition of Lowe, is competitive. while we will see a MARKED improvement in quality starts, the offense is still what it was at the end of last year. Meaning that the power comes from an old, injury-prone and, well, frankly, pissed 3B in Chipper an a young, good, inexpensive C who, it seems, can’t play 140 games a year in BMac. Our SS and 2B are good, but don’t deliver the necessary pop to make up for our powerless outfield. It seems that we will have to live on pitching and defense. However, our SS is streaky in this department (while very solid) and our 2B couldn’t throw his way out of a paper-bag. Our LF is still completely unmanned, and our RF is exposed and is in danger of becoming Danny Tartabull. Yet, there is talent on this team and, with a little luck, there is a possibility of finding an inexpensive right-handed bat for LF (I still like the Prado to the Yankees for Nady idea). But we may be in for a long year.