re: DAT 4/23: Astros (Francois) @ Cubs (Wicks) 6:40

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until this core of players has a season that they don’t make the playoffs then I shouldn’t count them out

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I feel that way about the lineup. The pitching is totally dependent on the health of all the banged up starters. You replace a couple bullpen arms with surplus starters and the pitching all of a sudden doesn't look so bad, at least on paper. Hader/Pressly struggles are a whole different story.

The question becomes does the hole they're digging right now get so deep that it's too late for any of that to matter.