It’s all about how you get to 8-8 though. Too many injuries and not a lot of improvement by those we needed to take the next step. In all honesty, they’re pretty lucky to be 8-9 with as bad as they’ve played at times
All pitching will look good if they can throw sliders that are never in the zone and get easy outs. One of the reasons Mendick is having success is he actually works the count
Scary thing is I’m not sure how they fix this. Awful free agent acquisitions on the offensive side have become the norm, so it’s hard to count on that.