Today marks 162 games without a southpaw SP. No not that Southpaw. Some of us remember Trout, Kravec, Baumgarten, Burns and Wortham (1980 or so) before Rich Dotson, Lamarr Hoyt and Tom Seaver came along.
Pedro's fam is from Cuba. I assume his lineage was a hiring factor esp with Josie leaving. There is also off-season bonding in Miami that could be important. I like this.
It would seem that Sheets is regressing and I fear his proficiency in RF does not atone for his lack of efficacy as a hitter. I am not seeing MLB tools here. It doesn't help that Vaughn has really cratered lately with RISP. I would bring Colas back in the near future to play RF with a corresponding move. Cruel world.