Franklin Morales is worth a damn. In fact, I'd almost giddy waiting to see his call up this weekend.
The bottom line is that they need to be able to bank on Francis and Cook, then hope they get the good Josh Fogg more than the bad Josh Fogg over the next month and a half. Beyond that, you'll get some quality starts out of Ubaldo, but he'll blow up on you here and there too. Morales is the wild card- if he comes up and catches lightining in a bottle for a few starts, then you're really talking.
The other thing they have going for them is that a bullpen that is already pitching extremely well will get a big shot in the arm when Fuentes comes back. When rosters expand at the end of the month, maybe we can ride 3 starters and our bullpen into the postseason? With the kind of bats we have, stranger things have happened...
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