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Originally Posted by MuckFich06
I couldn't agree more, unfortunately I'm betting they have Freel penciled in as the starting CF this year. He'll do his best Bump Bailey impression and end up on the DL sooner rather than later and that will be that. Maybe we get to see Bruce by July. I would be okay with Kepp playing SS if they could somehow move AGon as a salary dump. With the Hamilton trade, it looks like they are committed to Dunn. Might as well ink him to a LT deal. Hopefully, Griff's band aids and duct tape hold up long enough for him to make a serious run at 700 HR and 3K hits. The Cubbies are still the team to beat in the division but at least the Reds should be able to make some noise with a little luck.
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With Dusty at the helm I think Hopper and Freel are both going to have to go all Bump Baily on us to get Bruce into CF to start the year.
All in all the new moves are nice but as far as on the field 2008, this is still a .500 team at best. SP is still a crapshoot after Harang and Arroyo and Arroyo isn't all that. The pen is still a mess even with a closer. The lineup is still very susceptible to LH pitching and from where I stand the defense(especially OF) still sucks.
The big advantage is we are still in the NL Central.