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[QUOTE="HakAttack, post: 2998413, member: 1010"]
Disagree. Our ceiling on offense is as high as any team in the division not named Philly. They're deep and varied. Once Lowrie comes back our lineup has ZERO holes in it.

McNeil
Alonso
Cano
Conforto
Ramos
Lowrie
Nimmo
Rosario

That's an incredible lineup and the best we've had since 06' where we had guys like Beltran, Wright, Reyes & Delgado.

The starting pitching also has the highest floor, not the lowest floor. Have you been paying attention to the rest of the NL East? Strausburg's velocity has dropped alarmingly. The Braves have tons of young pitching but no true aces. Philly's season will partly hinge on if Aaron Nola is closer to 2018 Nola or 2017 Nola. They were counting on Nick Pivetta to take a big step forward and they've already sent him down to the minors!

EVERY team's pitching sucks right now. This is happening across baseball. The ball is most likely juiced and 50 home runs may be the new 30 this year.

The one thing that concerns me is the bullpen. If Familia can't be a reliable bridge to Diaz it will be a long year.

There are a lot of good teams in the NL overall. For the first time in over 40 years they may score more runs than the AL this year. I think we have more than a strong shot to make the playoffs.
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