People I respect tell me I was too hard on Jeff Torborg and Brad Arnsberg. People I respect have now hired Brad Arnsberg to handle one of the better young pitching staffs in the baseball. This article from Syracuse worries me. Maybe I'm wrong - it happens - but it doesn't sound like he's learned from the Burnett incident. Even if he's only partially to blame (and I've never said he deserves the lion's share), pretty much any conscious baseball fan knew Burnett was injured and overworked.

With guys like Dustin McGowan, Jason Arnold, and Francisco Rosario likely to spend much of 2004 in Syracuse, I'm still worried. This is one I don't want to say "I told you so" about.