I accepted that the first two months of the season would be difficult based on the schedule. And this has obviously been compounded with all the injuries, so I should be happy that we're treading water at .500 (21-21 record). However, I don't understand how we could pair our Pitching and Defense with an offense that K's 10 times per game, about the highest rate in the National League. With this high-quality starting pitching, I'd think we'd just want to have a contact-heavy offense - a bunch of light hitters who you can count on to reliably keep the ball in play, putting the pressure on the opposing pitcher and defense anytime we happen to get a runner in scoring position. I can't imagine that an offense like that would even need to cost much. That said, the NL offense with the lowest rate of K's/game (Padres at 7.9) just struck out 11 times yesterday, so perhaps my theory is easier to imagine than to implement.