2006 Cubs. Better? Better ENOUGH?

[anemic offense]

i'm not feeling so confident about the bullpen. if everybody repeats their 2005, it should be solid. but eyre, howry and dempster have all had a few iffy seasons in there, and if those guys all happen to have one of those iffy seasons in '06, the pen could be a disaster. none of them have been consistently lights out over the span of their careers.

 

The BP is my biggest concern as well. It is the easiest thing to fix in that you can go from demonstrably terrible to very good with just a few acquisitions. Then again its also the hardest to fix becasue relievers (except for a HANDFUL) tend to be the most inconsistent from one year to the next. I have a feeling this pen will be very good, or it will be very bad. This, I think, will hinge on the health of our acquisitions and the control of the pen as a whole. If the Cubs walk nearly as many hitters this year as they did last, you can kiss our chances (how slim they may be ) at the postseason goodbye.