I was fine with letting Ervin and Haren go. Both players did NOT deserve their options getting picked up, not after the seasons they had. I wish they would have tried for Anibal Sanchez though, especially when they missed out on Greinke(or moved on as the rumors said). I was excited about the Hamilton signing but it was still weird to see them spend that kind of coin on a bat rather than an arm
The Blanton signing was crap from the get-go and a majority of us hated it. Bad enough they signed him but for 2 years? No clue what Dipoto was thinking here and I just hope the team moves on from this soon. This is almost as bad as watching Jeff Weaver pitch in an Halos uni
The offense is fine going forward but there is a lot of work that needs to be done with this pitching. I don't see this being fixed in one offseason. The farm is barren with little to NO close to big league ready pitching talent. They need a few good drafts and to hit on some electric arms(starters and relievers), look to sign a solid starter in the offseason....can't go for the top tier arms considreing all the money they have locked up to Weav, CJ, Hamilton and Pujols, so it will have to be bargain basement arms yet again