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I'm glad to see that some of you aren't at all worried yet....I have had the opportunity to see several games live and nearly all aspects have looked pretty sad. The starting pitchers have been atrocious (and appears to be continuing today with Gallardo), the offense has been anemic, and the defense, nothing to write home about.

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He only has about four or five more starts to go. The Oriole starters got to build up some innings as it gets closer to the beginning of the season. Only four or five starts left.

Not even that many. Looks to me like he'll make three more spring starts, on the 18th, 24th and 29th.

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I'm glad to see that some of you aren't at all worried yet....I have had the opportunity to see several games live and nearly all aspects have looked pretty sad. The starting pitchers have been atrocious (and appears to be continuing today with Gallardo)' date=' the offense has been anemic, and the defense, nothing to write home about.[/b']

Other than that though - pretty awesome? :thumbsup1:

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my wood nickel that Gallardo has season ending surgery before the all star break

His velocity and K rate down last year

Couldn't get to the 6th inning

Team doctors saw a problem on physical

Another dumb signing by DD

He was at 92 today.

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my wood nickel that Gallardo has season ending surgery before the all star break His velocity and K rate down last year Couldn't get to the 6th inning Team doctors saw a problem on physical Another dumb signing by DD
At this early date, he wouldn't get to the 6th inning, even if he was throwing a no-no.
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Dan's gonna talk about how much we need pitching and then not do anything about it. "Staggering prices" and whatnot.

It's like his car has a dead battery and he went to the auto parts store assuming a new battery was 40 bucks and, upon hearing they cost $100, opted not to purchase it and went back and sat in his car, still expecting it to eventually start.

Or opted not to purchase the battery, and bought a new set of tires and rims instead.

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