Originally Posted by
jacksonianmarch
What a giant bag of shit that season was.
Our rotation was gonna be nails.
Cole held up his end as the odds on favorite to win the CY
Rodon couldn't stay healthy and when he feigned health, he was abysmal
Severino was hurt, then pitched like shit, then got hurt, then came back pretty solid then got hurt
Montas was hurt all of but game
Schmidt was solid until his innings caught up with him and he tired out
Cortes wasn't himself, got hurt, looked good for a start then got hurt again
German relapsed on alcohol when he realized his offense wouldn't support him
Brito was ok as an 8th starter
King was moved into the rotation and has a good shot at starting there next year
The pen was good. It is looking to lose Wandy but we should get Effross back and a few other additions
The offense. Man, it was offensive. There were bright spots. Torres had an OPS over .800 for the first time since his 2nd year. Judge was awesome when he was on the field. Higgy wasn't bad offensively for a catcher.
But the rest was abysmal. It was so bad that hot shot rookie Jasson Dominguez's UCL committed suicide after it became acutely aware that the 20 yr old rookie would have to carry the team
Where to go from here. Well, the ghost of Josh Donaldson's past is gone. We let Bader go for nothing and he did what he does best, get hurt. Rizzo got concussed but it took a month for him to figure that out. We still have the corpses of DJ Lemahieu and Giancarlo Stanton under contract until I can apply for AARP. Money will have to be infused for sure
C- Trevino. I would re-sign Higgy as well. You can do worse, you can do better, but just keep the two together for now
1B- Wells or Rizzo. Wells was good in his final week after starting slow. Rizzo, if right, is perfect for this park. Gotta make sure he is right, though
2B- Torres- he ain't great, but he is our second best hitter, so keep him I guess
SS- Volpe will improve, especially if they get rid of the HR first swing. Kid just needs to make contact and his speed will easily hit .290.
3B- SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT. Lemahieu is dead. Peraza is a good prospect, but even his highest projection offensively is not a 3b.
LF- SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT. Oswaldo Cabrera may just have had a bad second season or he may have been found out. Who knows, but bring in someone who can hit. Pereira was rushed and needs time in AAA
CF- SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT on a shorter term deal or can slate over to LF when the new LFer leaves via FA or dies or whatever so Dominguez can take his rightful place
RF- Judge- best hitter in the game when he is available
DH- SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT. If we pencil Gian-fucko into the lineup on day 1, I will vomit. He is a platoon split lefty killer who acts blind when a righty pitches.
We need Rizzo to not be concussed and 4 offensive additions, plus probably one pen addition and a #2 (Yamamoto) to pair with Cole until Rodon realizes he has an arm or Nestor remembers he used to be Nasty.
No clue who is out there. We will likely need to make some trades. Maybe Hal allows for a massive spending spree. Either way, what a fucking deflating year, especially since my son finally got into the game and he had to watch this shitstain team play night in and night out
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