Bellhorn04
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We laughed at the Rangers when they signed Seager and Semien for $500 mill. We laughed some more at them when deGrom went down. But they've also added Eovaldi, Montgomery and Scherzer. I don't think I've ever seen a team go all in for starting pitching like the Rangers did this year.
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But Cashman replaced him with Rodon. How does Cash still have his job?
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I'm quite sure JH isn't bad in the way Snyder was bad. But JH's impatience and ever-changing philosophy are real issues, and it's not surprising some qualified people aren't interested in the job.
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Well, we do have a thread on the postseason with over 100 posts! https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/20824-2023-MLB-postseason-thread
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Our issues at shortstop this year had a chain of blame. -You can blame Henry for not shelling out to extend Bogaerts. -Blame Bloom for signing Story with his injury red flag. -Blame Bloom for not signing Andrus or Iglesias when Story went down, leaving Kike as the #1 option. -Blame Cora for playing Kike at shortstop too much. It was a team effort.
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Short-term yips, apparently.
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Pot calls kettle black! See second post down on this page. https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/20614-A-Realistic-View-of-2023-Part-II?p=1539710&viewfull=1#post1539710
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So after Kike went to the Dodgers, he started 8 games at shortstop, and they won 7 of them. Sure is a funny game.
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But what are the examples of him playing X over Y when Y was clearly the guy that should have been playing? The only concrete example I've seen is playing Kike over Reyes at SS.
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What prospects did DD have left to trade at that point though? Pretty slim pickings I would think.
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I think Bloom was the guy who filled the roster with way too many bad options.
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I think the other options sucking too had a lot to do with it.
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This is getting ridiculous. You really think Cora loved Franchy and Arroyo and was the driving force behind them playing as much as they did?
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I don't see where Cora was presented with a lot of good options in these cases. As Max will tell you, we ended up with a better record when Kike played than without him anyway...
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You can take your pick of things that the brass could have been mad about, unfortunately. The brass won't ever tell us, that's for sure.
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It's really hard to say with Henry anymore. Maybe the reason we didn't spend more than $10 mill on the rotation was that Henry didn't want to spend much on it. And when he saw the results he used Bloom as the scapegoat.
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Maybe Bloom really thought he was getting 5 years to play with.
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But frankly, you didn't need to be Alex Cora to see that we needed a starting pitcher or two. When do we get to the point that Cora can actually talk JH into spending in that area again? I guess we'll find out real soon.
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How's your team doing?
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If Bloom spent right up to the amount he was allowed to spend for 2023, I think half the blame for 2023's failure goes to ownership.
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We've seen some sub-jabronis - whatever they're called.
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It didn't bother the Astros. Like 'em or hate 'em, they come to play.
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Epstein A- DD B+ Ben C+ Bloom C-
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Some people you just can't reach.
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Yes, exactly.
