Editor's note: This was originally written after the completion of the Mariners series. The statistics cited here have changed slightly since then.
Admittedly, I am like a bad shopping cart that pulls to the right no matter which way it’s facing. If you ask me what to get at the deadline or in free agency I will almost always say offense. I recognize the need for more pitching and the importance of pitching, but good position players also impact run prevention through fielding. They impact your team every day.
A part of that bias is in direct response to listening to a whole bevy of Astros general managers over the years prattle on about the need for more pitching.