Quote Originally Posted by Thick View Post
how much better could we be if we had those arms? I ask because right now, bc our coaches really have done an outstanding job to this point. I see 2 positives out of this so far....young guys getting serious experience now that they might not have gotten if our staff was healthy, and next year we will gain a few of those guys back due to when they got injured. Some won't be ready next year. I might be completely wrong, but the future looks very much like we are in reload mode not rebuild mode if the recruiting continues as it should.
I knew these guys could do a better job than I could. As you can see, we are probably without about 80% of what we all thought would be our pitching staff this year...maybe more.

Not only did most think Padgett and Ford would be rotation guys by this point in their careers...but we also figured Small might start or close, James would have started this year, Hughes was really good last year in limited action, and Smith and Rigby were supposed to be our setup and closer even as we started the year. I can't stop talking about the job this staff and these players have done to be where they are. We really aren't doing it enough justice.

Todd, can you list the guys injured and either their recruiting expectations when we signed them or where we expected them to be this year? I'd love for someone to send a snapshot of it to Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fit, Ben McDonald, Kyle Peterson, Ted Cahill, Frankie Pelierre, etc so they can really talk about how much we're missing and how incredible this is.

Glad you made a thread about this, Thick. It deserves one