In reviewing the moves that Gillick has made so far, they've been pretty bad, or underwhelming at the very least. Far too many (at least 5) are no longer with the club, and the number of quality players given away is just staggering. I guess the rotation is better now that it was last year, but the improvements have all come from within, and the rotation would be better with Lidle instead of Mathieson and the Madson experiment was just a disaster. The infield looks similar, but Bell was better than Nunez, and Tomas Perez was a better backup than Nunez or Sandoval. I think an outfield of Burrell, Victorino, and Abreu with Michaels and someone else off the bench would be at least as good as this outfield - I'm no fan of the folk hero Rowand, and would rather see him leave than Burrell for next year. The bullpen was better last year as well - Madson was more effective, Wagner and Urbina were, I think, better than Gordon and Rhodes. Fultz and Geary have been solid both years, and Cormier is a serviceable pitcher, unlike White, Sanchez, and Castro (though he's shown some flashes). Gillick had better improve - he's not doing much better than the previous stiff.