@luke_arkins 1998 is lost disappointing. Won the west in 97 with four hall of famers (counting a rod), then were so bad they traded Randy at deadline. I think the fact that 02 and 03 teams were good teams in a rough division makes me think of them differently
@mrtommygman Correct, for the most part Dan is the opposite of an analytics based manager. The most analytics based team plays in Tampa. Thats working pretty well.
@Lyle_Goldstein 1998 is the best comp to me. Coming off a division championship with 4 hall of fame talents and they traded Randy at the deadline and gave up because they were so bad.
@TheeNelDog This is the area that is 100 percent on the front office in terms of this seasons disaster. Can attribute a lot of other problems to bad luck and baseball weirdness, but not the bullpen
@RossRichendrfer And probably losing now. That type of set up might work for a team that can score against crappy left handed pitchers…but I wouldn’t know
@RossRichendrfer Yes, this is my only concern about this. Pretty much means Rivas has to be the
Backup infielder over mastrabouni. Bliss is only other right handed infielder unless you count Patrick wisdom
@levicoove But you aren’t making him beat you. If he doesn’t hit into a double play you have vlad with bases loaded and he was way better than springer in the series