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All "common sense."
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The poll taken before the 2021 season showed most posters felt we'd win.... 80-83 (4) 75-79 (3) 84-86 (2) 87-89 (1) 90-94 (2) Red must have been one of the 90-94 guys. It's common sense.
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The Rays were the O's many years ago. They tanked to get several top picks, but yes, they have figured out a way to maintain a strong farm and big club long after the tanking effect. The O's have yet to prove they can do that. Some teams, like the Braves look awesome, now, but their farm has tumbled in the rankings, so it will be interesting to see what they look like when all these studs reach free agency and some become the next departing Freddie Freeman. How long can they keep it up? The Astros have been losing some big stars for years and no longer have a stud farm. Is this season's swoon a sign that it is catching up with them, or was it just all the rotation injuries? We'll see.
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Yes, that is one reason they chose those paths. I'm thinking about going forward. I would try like hell to make sure Whitlock never starts another game for us. I try to make sure Houck and Crawford don't, either, but using one as an emergency starter seems logical (not both.)
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Yes, I was confusing this with comp pick drops. My bad.
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That's your view of life. I don't need fall guys every time things go wrong. There are many teams trying to win. Not all can do it. It doesn't mean the ones who miss were mismanaged or coached. It might, but it's not a given, IMO. Cora may be fired, but maybe only to be promoted.
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The fact is, we didn't have these guys, before 2023 in the pen. Ripping them away from the pen, so they can fail as SP'ers was not the right idea. I admit, I thought Whitlock had the make-up to be a SP'er, but once he had hip surgery, he should not have been pushed to start. (I do not think making him a SP'er in 2022 caused the injury, like some seem to think.) Houck was a decent SP'er to start his career. I can see why he was given another chance. My point is, we know, now, but still continue the practice.
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Common sense said we would suck in 2021.
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It's human nature. To me, trying to find one fall guy seems to be in overkill mode, in recent years.
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I remember a lot of posters being pissed that we were "sitting on our hands" and watching FAs were were interested in, sign elsewhere.
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Yes, I said that, too. Has HRam and Porcello has the seasons they had the year after he left in his final season, he might have lasted another year, or two. A lot has to do with timing. Had he timed the Springs addition to the year he "took off...." Had he signed Martin Perez a year later... I'm sure all GMs have cases like this. A lot of luck and timing goes into success and failure. That's kind of my point, but ultimately, it's all the GMs fault.
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Yes, it came out of LF. Agreed. I do think the fans were antsy about so few big names being added to the roster since Nate in the summer of '18. Just my opinion.
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They haven't missed Friedman, Click or Maddon, either. This does show it can be an entire organization thing, more than one or two guys, yet blaming one or two guys seems to be the "in thing," these days.
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The common denominator for the O's and Rays has been just how much their farms have bolstered their rosters. Suspects turned into gems. The O's have added almost nobody from outside the system- well a couple, maybe. The Rays have made key trades and signings, but they would not be close to the winning team they are without their farm. Name consistent winning teams that don't have one or both of these: 1. A strong farm (or had one before now) 2. Spend money or master trades.
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If he had hit all those ground balls vs the Sox infield D all season, he'd be leading the league in BA and OBP.
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Pure genius!
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Agreed, and I said the same thing about last year's team that supposedly had veteran leadership in JD, Bogey, Nate, Vaz and others.
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Didn't we drop in the draft due to going over the tax line? Why wouldn't the Mets? Is there a Mets exception to the rule?
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Agreed, but if just one went right, like all his major signings working out, maybe he didn't need a combo.
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I'm not sure about not needing to wait, but certainly he might have had the ability to spend large before March. (Part of me still thinks the Story signing was an act of desperation to try and appease the angry fans. Certainly, the Story signing can be viewed as "not the right signing," especially in hindsight. If we knew Bogey was a goner, it made sense in foresight. The injury might or might not have been foreseeable.
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True, but if Story, Richards, Kluber and Yoshi (Kike II) did very well, I'm not sure he'd be "doomed."
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I'm not faulting the attempt. I'm faulting the continuation, after it seemed clear he was better suited for the pen, and his health concerns should have sealed the deal. Blame one- blame them all. At this point, does it matter? Just stop using him as a SP. I'd say the same about Houck, although he has proven he can go 18 batters deep more often than not, and these days, that makes for a fine #4 or #5 in many winning team's plans. I'm not sure about Crawford, but I'd prefer to not try, again. Just leave him as a long man, where he was doing very well, this year. He started the year in the rotation: 8.00 ERA Then, 1.66 as a RP'er in 8 games (6 at 2 or more IP) Then back to the rotation: 4.47 ERA, which is not all that bad (4.6 IP per GS) Just make a plan where Crawford, Houck and Whitlock are safely placed in the pen with little chance of being needed as a SP.
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Not a good look for the players, either. They were all so well-rested.
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I do think Bloom should have done better, especially after 2021, but it wasn't until the Story signing in March '22 that he really had the ability to make seriously impactful additions. He swung and missed on immediate returns from his biggest additions, and that doomed his tenure with the Sox.
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Yes, but the problem was compounded by the fact that Sale, Bogey and Nate were already extended, and it appears JH was never going to budge on the new direction of the budget. I suppose, maybe JH would have allowed us to trade Sale, Bogey or Nate, so we could afford Betts, but then there was the Price or half-Price contract to unload. It was a cluster that, IMO, no GM could have handled very well. Better than Bloom, sure. Would DD have stood for all of what happened after 2019? Word was, there was a big falling out over what happened between summer 2018 and summer 2019, and that was just the tip of the philosophical change made at the top.
