The NHL teams are just about playing games every other day and some games are back to back. Unless there are injuries, it's the same guys in every game.
Nolan Ryan laughs at the way starters are babied and Cal Ripken laughs at how everyday players are babied.
Between the exorbitant salaries and the constant nursing, baseball gets harder to like everyday.
d-money, it's not all on Bloom. He works for JH and JH controls the money. There's a new philosophy in the FO and that is to develop youngsters and no more long term contracts. Story was signed to replace Bogey, who will be gone after this season. The odds are that Devers contract won't be extended either.
Get used to more mediocre seasons.
I know it's early in the season, but based on what I've seen, especially starting pitching and believing that JH isn't gonna allow any major moves this season, this is at best a .500 ball club. So it is what it is.