Unless 2 of Zumaya, Rodney and Perry have very good seasons, the bullpen will cost us 15 games this year. The sad thing is we could have bought Putz and Rodriguez and had 5 million left over with the money we're paying Sheffield and Willis not to play this year. A crappy back end of the bullpen demoralizes the entire team as well as the fans. It makes the starting pitchers and the hitters press by constantly knowing no small lead is ever safe.
Granderson is going to hit 25-30 homers this year, which is not a good thing. He's continuing to pull everything and strike out too much. I'd like to see Anderson moved to lead off and Granderson bat 5th or 6th whenever a rightie starts, which is most games. I'm leaving for the game here in Toronto tonight in a few minutes. I may just leave after 7 and go straight to bed if we're leading. That way I get one good night's sleep this week.