What Goes Up.... Must Come Down...

   Players such as Payton usually so well in the summer but cool off by september. Thomas and Chavy are concerning based on their current injuries and we don't know how healthy and productive they'll be but they are vulnerable and may well give mediocre performances in sept.

   If we have to rely on Perez, Scutaro and Kielty then mediocre is the best we can hope for. I don't expect much from Kotsay and Kendall at year's end.

   The pitching staff's health and effectiveness will make the difference. The offense remains a question mark but if Johnson can sustain any stamina in sept (c/w last year) and Swish, Bradley, Crosby, Ellis and Thomas are healthy then we have a good chance of remaining strong.

   Giles is solid but he (Like Kots and Kendall) would be learning a new league and is he superior to Ellis? THat's debatable

Then there are questions:

Crosby and Johnson will get hot (Johnson already is). But will they stay hot, or go back down come September (like last year).

Kotsay, Kielty, Payton and Kendall we agree on.

That leaves Ellis who is a tossup. Is he Ellis 2005 or Ellis 2004. Somewhere in between is the likely answer.

4 starters are good/great hitters. 2 starters are hot and cold (DJ, BoCro), 2 are average/mediocre (Kendall/Kotsay), and 1 is a Q (Ellis).

Surely what we are seeing shows us that the hot and cold hitters are getting hot, and the mediocre hitters (and the bench players) are getting hot, which leads us to this win streak. Again, i question whether the "must come down" part of "what goes up... must come down" will be in September.