The article discusses the current state of the baseball team, focusing on the inconsistency of performance as they hover around a .500 record. Kevin Gausman highlights the team's lack of starting rotation depth, noting the struggles to find a reliable fifth starter. The analysis includes the challenges the team faces, referencing injuries to key players and the reliance on players who have been DFAed. The piece concludes by reflecting on the ups and downs of a season, especially in a medicore performance arc.
When your team is very good, or very bad, is the best time to be a baseball blogger, not when they hover around .500.
Gausman is aware of the maddening inconsistencies with the team that have made the first 43 games of the season an ongoing battle to escape mediocrity.
We've got to do it. We've got to put it together. It's the guys that we have here.
The lack of depth isn't all the front office's fault, but the game of picking up DFAed guys isn't going to cut it.
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