They got it right.
Thursday, March 30th, 2006They chose the right Ryan to stay in the rotation, and it even sounds like they were doing it for sensible reasons, namely who was showing a better array of pitches and who seems more likely to be effective when used repeatedly in the bullpen. Noticably absent was any sort of argument along the lines of “Well that’s the way we’ve been doing it so we’ll keep doing it.”
It took a while, but I’m starting to remember the excitement this team generated down the stretch last year and I’m encouraged by some of the moves we’ve seen this spring. There’s a lot of things that could still go wrong along the way, but still I’m shifting very strongly into the “This could be a very fun season” camp.