Is there potential, sure, but there was potential last year that didn't nearly pan out as we had hoped. I'm looking at misguided expectations that most of us had with Swanson for starters. The expectation that our corner outfield defense has to be better this year only because it sucked so bad last year is a flawed argument. As far as starting pitching, other than Gohara who truly showed me something, there's a lot to be proven. Our new guys have to show that they can either pitch to weak contact or finish batters off e.g. get to the fifth inning without having thrown 100 pitches. I'm also not convinced that Teheran is a proven middle of the rotation starter. On a plus .500 team he's either a #4 or #5.
Last year, I learned that optimism not based on proven performance is a mirage. For next season, I'll be from Missouri --"show me."