That 2006 teams was definitely pitching challenged! Chris Carpenter was great but other than him Suppan and Weaver were the best we had! I have always believed we would have never won that year unless Izzie had gotten hurt! Wainwright was great during that playoff run as closer! Maybe you can win with an average pitching staff If you have a genius TLR managaing and we are about as far from a genius managing as you can get at the moment!