And whatever Wright does I don’t expect him to be here long if the FO has thier way! Doing well would only make it easier to trade him as they will be able to get better kids to explain away losing a homegrown hero!

I think Dickey leads in most of the categories that matter in the CY voting with the exception of ERA right now. G-Gon, and Cueto all have 17 wins but Dickey has fewer losses, Of those three Dickey has the bette K numbers and Whip and you already mentioned the 5 CG and 3 Shutouts.

Ike Davis if you don’t look at his BA which is the product of a long early slump that I attribute to missing all the time he did last year….It is rather remarkable that he is even in the running to hit 30 HRs!

If he could hit 25 HRs (only 5 of which he hit the first two months when he was struggling) How many would he be capable of hitting if he batted a full season the way he has since June? A roughly .260-.280 Hitter with 30+ HRs? A little improvement and he could be hitting 40+ a year…Almost as many as Ryan Howard hits only with a much better glove!

Niese has progressed no doubt. There is a little room for improvement on the consistency but lets face it he has not had a consistent Signal caller behind the plate while Terry has played Righty lefty at whim, and with a little run support would have a much better record. There are times he looks like he could be an ace and others where you wonder who is wearing that Ace’s jersey! If he ever figures out how to win on days he does not have his stuff he could compete for the Cy Young one day…:Lets hope he learns how to do that soon.

In the end though nothing they can do will make me feel better about this team going forward because I don’t think the team is going to be the problem in the future…
I think the problem is will we keep any of these guys who are doing well cause past events say no!