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Why do other franchises...even historically bad ones, have zero problems putting together entertaining offseason events?

Yu Darvish has had a long, productive career. Tanaka was fine for the majority of his Yankees' tenure, albeit not a superstar by any stretch of the imagination. Then you have the Ohtani situation. TJS surgery almost seems unavoidable for any high velo starter these days.

Scooby? Scrappy? Wrong cartoon?

Except the A's this season and maybe the Reds. Rockies? DBacks? Marlins? Definitely bottom 5 after this season. Can't even say the actual fan treatment by the team is better than Detroit or KC. Would argue on the side of worse.

"While he was reportedly beloved by his players, some things happened that led to John Mozeliak, Cardinals president of baseball operations, firing him after a tumultuous season rife with injuries and concerns but ultimately getting to the NL Wild Card game. While the reasons given by Mozeliak were noted as “philosophical differences,” the real reasoning is pure speculation and likely why teams were hesitant to hire Shildt as a new manager." https://redbirdrants.com/2021/12/14/new-job-mike-shildt-cardinals-baseball/ Plus, he was with the hated Padres this past season. That won't work around here.

Why does Getz working with the Royals after everything fell apart at the seams with that organization make him uniquely qualified for anything beyond Wal Mart greeter? Are we attempting to recreate another Dayton Moore type regime? Why would that make even the least amount of sense with his lack of experience as a manager at any level. Kenny Williams would make just as much if not more sense, it's so improbable. Why not add Marco Paddy and Hector Mendoza into the mix too, lol? Does anyone really believe a Getz or Beckham have the swag/cultural cache to get anything more out of Moncada, Grandal and Robert, for example? Why/how? By some of the arguments, we would be better off sneaking the Cuban National/WHBC manager into the US and installing him as manager. It makes about as much sense.

That's the best solution the marketing and sales department currently have for not being 24th through 30th in MLB attendance next season.

What next, Kenny Williams taking the reigns? And what the heck happened to Justin Jirschele? He was a huge favorite around here the last 2-3 seasons and big-time internal candidate, much moreso than Getz.

This is not a second guess Please don’t think it is But I have been against preller from the get go for his tactics He mortgaged the future for a spin on the roulette wheel The most egregious move was the Soto trade I was hoping the pads would not make playoffs so he would get fired already But now he will be around for a few years so he can make more desperate moves to hurt the long term future more than he did already reply In reply to chipperstein Yup, I have called Preller a degenerate gambler on here and been properly slapped down for it. The degenerate part isn't a statement about his character, but a description of a compulsive type GM style. With those type people the action is more important than getting long term results. They just have to get those dopamine highs on a regular basis. His idea on how to build a team has changed about 4 times in 8 years with a giant juggling of players with each move. An organization has to have some healthy mix of young controllable talent mixed in with a few quality veterans to lead the way. Preller keeps prepping good young players all the way to MLB ready before shipping them off in huge numbers, often with a whole group of talented top prospects going for only one veteran player on a short contract. gaslampball.com game thread comments

Didn't he go to Maine or some other non baseball sounding D1 program?

Hader has experienced lots of issues trying to go more than 4 outs. Look at his usage after struggling mightily after the trade. Melvin was managing more for Games 6/7 thinking he couldn’t get three consecutive wins without Hader for G6 knowing Snell at best was going to get him 5-6 innings based on his track record. And Suarez hadn’t give up a run over a long long stretch until Hoskins in G2. This one obviously will be debated, especially with Hader likely to make around $18 million in arb in his final season before FA. Harper was just out of this world in these playoffs. It will be interesting to see how Houston pitchers handle him.

At least there's no chance of adding that contract unless it's for Pollock. And AJ would probably finish Top Ten NL MVP race next year in Philly the way things are trending.

Really thought the Brewers were going to overtake them with two weeks to go and ending season against Houston. Guess it's pretty appropriate they match up so quickly again. Hard to hang your heads too much in SD. They went for it, luck ran out running into a buzzsaw and lacking a fourth starter. Thomson has just had the magic touch since being hired...just had to persevere through one really tough stretch there late in September not unlike the 2005 White Sox.

Well, that was interesting. Grisham totally lost his confidence. When you have his power you can't leave it up to Nola. Thomson out managed Melvin and Harper/Hoskins were just too much. Should have started Martinez over Clevinger. Hopefully a better WS than these championship series... although the NL one was very competitive for the most part.

I had assumed Alvarado was still going to be out there... oops. At least smart enough not to use Hand here. Going to Suarez against Grisham who doesn't have a hit the entire series. DP ball to end it?

More team profits? And that 100% should never have been the case if Hahn knew anything about either marketing or roster construction. Doesn't seem they ever had any real intention of signing him. Just a PR show.

Same with Machado. Moncada won 2019, but those three non-moves pinned the rebuild largely on the success of Yoan, Robert and Jimenez. Fwiw, Machado has a legit case for ML MVP.

Would be a shocker if Azocar Drury or Kim can do much here. Lost Bell for the PR in the 7th.

Like the season he had a 10 fWAR mode right now.

Padres' fans somewhat bitter they didn't get Harper and Machado, saving the need to empty out the system for Soto. That just wasn't realistic at the time.

Unreal. Gotta give credit to the Phillies. Team of destiny right now. Couldn't get the game to Hader. Wheeler and Harper would have looked pretty nice in Sox uniforms...

Got a break with the increasing rain intensity. At least it's an interesting game, Decision to pull Wheeler the first move to backfire on Thomson recently...along with relief moves in G2.

https://www.fishstripes.com/23400670/marlins-manager-candidates-joe-espada This will be his 8th or 9th shot at a big league managing job.

https://m.startribune.com/twins-trainer-injured-list-vikings-kevin-oconnell-loons-mls-playoffs-3-2-pitch-lavelle-neal/600218101/ Twins part ways with top trainer after second highest number of days lost to injury

Whoever signs Clevinger or Manaea needs to have their heads examined.