Absolutely agree completely. Doesn't have to be Burnett/Garland. Could be
Penny, Lowe, someone. Hopefully with all the pitchers out there this year,
someone falls through like Lohse last year. And then hopefully the O's pick
him up, instead of Trachsel.

I mean wow, O's were looking at both Trachsel and Lohse during the
offseason. How much difference does this season make with Lohse in the
rotation?



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On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:53 AM, SC Zepp <sczepp@...> wrote:

> In my thoughts and I get attacked for name dropping but 2 pitchers are
> needed with Guthrie or this time next year we could be back on the same
> sinking ship. We need 2 guys like Burnett, Garland via free agency or trade
> whatever gets 2 veteran arms here on this staff. The guys at Norfolk may not
> have it as they where rushed along to fast several times. Liz, Penn and
> Olson. They where not brought along the proper way and it shows. This means
> the guys at Bowie need more time at AA and AAA all of 2009. This is the
> proper way to groom these arms of Bergesen, Berken, Hernandez, Tilman, Clark
> and so on. Looks good on paper but they are at AA ball right now as they
> should be. We have seen to many times the Penn's,Liz,OLson type pitchers
> look good in A and AA then be brought up way to soon. Its a slap to the gut
> for some of our thoughts but 2009 should be looked at the new proper
> Oriole way.
>
> 2009 rotation I'd prefer
> 1-Guthrie
> 2-Burnett
> 3-Garland
> 4/5-Olson,Albers,Patton,DC,Liz,Waters,Mitchell,Penn fight for it in ST
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