We're absolutely fine. The Angels, Mariners, and A's didn't make any huge splashes and we already were a lock for the playoffs last season w/o Lee. Lee didn't do much for us during the regular season so even w/o him we can still make it back. It's all about what happens in the postseason which is where we need to go and pick up some pitching. It just sucks that he took this long to take lesser deal w/ 5 yrs @ 100M when he could have had 6/7 years @ 140M.... He tied the Rangers up and essentially made them hold up the rest of the planning for him. If it wasn't about the money, why drag it out? Anyways we'll be fine. We can use that money elsewhere and honestly the guy wasn't stellar at Texas anyways, he pitched better on the road than at home and that's not what I want from my "ace" pitcher. We can go and spend both the money and draft picks to further build our team and there are still plenty of options out there.
Was fun while it lasted Clifford Lee, now get the hell out!
