[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Well we just have to go by what has been said which is we have saved money and the payroll will be raised and we will go after pitching. Also, both guys are having down years, bit for different reasons. Haren has battled injury and Santana has been up and down Hoch style, although that's not really his history. I know that's optimistic at the moment but that's all we have right now.

And it's sad that that's all we have right now. Signing a guy everyone knows doesn't equal a good signing and it's easy to get caught up in "the name." I don't personally think we need or want another Hoch. If we signed him of course I'd root for him because he'd be wearing the right uniform, I just wouldn't expect a lot.