1. Yes, yes and yes. They suck. They didn't always suck. They do now.
2. Strickland was a gasoline fire in the playoffs. He was throwing BP. Every time I see Casilla, he's shaky. So yeah, I'm saying unimpressive.
3. My bad. I forgot they signed Span. A good signing.
They're very solid as a hitting club, no question. I do not like their pitching past Bumgarner and Cueto. Though that's a deluxe 1-2, I agree. In the day, I loved Cain and I really loved Peavy. They just don't have it anymore. As for Samardzija, take a hard look at his career numbers and tell me he deserves to be mentioned in the same tier with Cueto and some of the other guys who got upper teens money. I just absolutely don't see it.