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Originally Posted by LVDan
IF Biebs returns to form I expect the SP to be among the league's best ERA wise. Im expecting strong showings from T McK and Quantrill. Both are talented enough to not need Civale and Plesac to be world beaters IMO.
The offense though, yeah lots and lots of question marks. Maybe a Steven Kwan -type surprises and becomes a solid OF for them. Maybe Bradley is consistent enough to let the power play all year. Maybe Bradley Zimmer isnt a total stiff. Who knows.
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Agreed, if we let up 2+ runs then realistically we won't have a chance to win. Hopefully Bradley can hit 35+ HR (with limiting Ks) and Franmil can get 42+. I expect Ramirez to hit a lot of doubles like he did in 2017 when he led the league. That will help out in getting (hopefully) an easy run each time.
Also, I think they shut down a lot of their staff last year because they didn't have a shot at going to the playoffs/wanted the young guys to play and see for this year. So I think Bieber will be fine, it is just getting off the rust from not facing competition in so long.