I definitely feel more encouraged than I did this time last week, but there a few things I need to see to before I get too carried away. First off, we need to have someone emerge as a dominant reliever. That's really the reason we were below .500 last season. From now on, we have 3 game weekends, so we will have more options. I assume Daniel Brown is the odd man out in the weekend rotation even thought it would be more favorable to have a lefty starting. Blake Smith has looked good. Humphreys has potential, but he's pretty raw. Tatum can eat some innings, but he's still inconsistent. Young can still be a factor. Someone will step up. I just hope we don't lose too many games before we find out who that guy is.

Secondly, can we hit against good pitching? We probably aren't going to need 10 runs to win games this year, so I feel like if we struggle a bit, Cohen will revert back to small ball with our best defensive lineup. We have to cut back on the pop-ups and drive the ball. We are making good contact and only striking out 4.25 times a game, so that's not bad.