The lack of power in this lineup is frightening. Singling teams to death was never going to be sustainable. Pretty obvious what Arnold needs to do over the next few days.
Yeah Mears was awful but this game was lost when the offense failed to hammer Cal freakin Quantrill, who looked like the second coming of Cy Young today.
Same thing different year - they'll trade for a no name reliever who will either be really good for them or absolutely awful and then grab a bat who won't cost much in terms of prospects.
I'm here as well. Making the playoffs has been great the past 7 years but this isn't 2008 anymore where we were ecstatic just to make it in. It's time to go deeper and make a long run. Does acquiring a big piece help get us to that point? I don't know but I'm willing to take my chances and trade some big time prospects if the opportunity comes along.