If there's a concern, it's the bullpen. Not gimpy John Wetteland, mind you. Oates doesn't even want to consider what it would mean if he couldn't pitch. It's what comes before the ninth that worries him. The seventh and eighth innings will be so important to us.
Someone has to bridge the game from the sixth to the ninth.
We're probably not going to have a lot of complete games. A lot of our games are going to be decided in the seventh and eighth innings. That's not good. Crabtree was terrific in September, but owns a 9.75 ERA this spring and has not made his manager happy. Gunderson has a 1.64 ERA for the spring but has a reputation for losing his effectiveness in the second half of the season.