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That's the recent history. To Improve the back end give me 3 starters better than that. I'd bet on Walker and Paxton plus all the others as backup options for 2 of those. If...
Spend, yes. Spend on DH, Corner outfield, 1 solid pitcher for bullpen and one for#3. That's a lot of money already. Why do we need stop gap pitchers now? Ask the Rays and Cardinals if we should send Paxton back down. I'm sure he'll get lost here and there but do you think the Mariners regret struggling through early Randy or the Expos regret trading him. Maybe they're busy regretting other things. As wild as Randy was his ERA was under 5 that first year here. Under 4.00 the next 5 before busting under 3 in 95. Not saying Paxton is the same pitcher but is a similar enough idea of the pitcher type. Well see him dominate at times and struggle in others for most of the same reasons we did with young Randy.
Any GM would... maybe. If they had the resources the Mariners seem to. What we believe they do. I still think Billy Beane (and others, some following the repeated example if no one else) would bring the pitchers up and surprise the league with winning. The division, maybe. It's happened before.