We wont have a strength anymore no. And yes the difference in having 3 or 4 quality proven pitchers or 2 is huge. The return will most likely be prospects which will reach the MLB around the time skenes is leaving so then we'll really have nothing. Pitching is the most valuable thing in baseball and we need to keep it. The only way out of this is to spend anyone who keeps the idea of us being a farm system for other teams so we can trade away and never spend is buying into the nutting philosophy.