The Ryan Express

Good to see this stirred things up....If you Advanced members have been happy with the pitching since Epplers been here... More power to you!!.

I just cannot understand Eppler's inability to improve this pitching staff. It's almost appears as if he is clueless at times. I think Heaney may finally break out and is the obvious ace of the staff with Ohtani out. I like the Julio Teheran signing and the Bundy trade, but both the starting staff and bullpen still remain horrible. The bullpen has a good chance of bringing back the nickname Arson Squad. You would think he would be scouring the waiver and trade wires, obviously trades would be the harder of these 2, but there has been some interesting waiver players available and he has passed on, Carson Fulmer, 8th overall pick in 2015, 26 years old, and Detroit gobbled him up, but maybe a trade could have been made. Mike Foltynewicz, 19th overall pick in 2010, 28 years old and a top of the rotation ace, who yes lost velocity last year , but has had no major arm injury that I am aware of. He went unclaimed. White Sox release Kelvin Herrera several days ago and the Cubs apparently signed him today, here's a former closer that I believe could have stepped in to help the bullpen. He is only 30 These are just a few examples, now I'm not saying to go out and sign everybody waived from other teams, but there are a few I think we should take a feeler on, many times a change of scenery are needed and working with a new pitching coach can help find the tweak that turns things around. Just my thoughts for a staff with 4.90 ERA, 1.51 Whip and more blown saves than saves and the greatest player on the planet in centerfield. C'mon Billy pull out all the stops and lets see if we can just find one diamond out there.