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Hurts me.  It hurts me more than the loss of Pineda, honestly, because Pineda brought me back a first-class bat we desperately needed. (aside:  it does kill me to read "Yankees Pineda..." in headlines now)
Fister didn't bring me that great bat.  Yes, he brought F-Mart, but he's an iffy player at best.  Ruffin's a decent pen arm but needs to be a closer to obtain more value - and maybe he will be.  Maybe he'll beat out Wilhelmsen for that role as we figure out who's replacing League (assuming League goes/is traded like I expect).
Wells in CF makes up a huge chunk of offensive WAR to offset Fister.  It was that idea that made me think Jack had something up his sleeve.
But if Wells is on a corner and Furbush is in the pen... they'd both better bring it, AND we'll need some pitcher health going forward.  That wonderful depth we had isn't so wonderful with our #2 and #3 pitchers - under club control for 4 or 5 more years - now pitching for other pennant contenders.
Odds are we're taking another starter with our #3 pick in the draft, though, so again: pray for pitcher health.  We still have the arms for a monster rotation even without Fister and Pineda, but we'll need their elbows and shoulders to stay in good shape.
~G