FloydBannister1983

If you take away their series against the team that should have won the World Series last year, focusing on the portion of the schedule in which they weren’t 1-5, then they have had top five easiest schedules thus far. They’ve been approximately.500 against everyone that finished fourth or fifth last season.

A couple of wins against teams that finished fourth or fifth in 2025. And still 11-15. They have played one of the easier schedules thus far. https://powerrankingsguru.com/mlb/strength-of-schedule.php

Have they played anybody good yet?

I still worry about Jack Parkman. Haven’t seen him in a couple years. He was overly distraught.

It could change but I doubt quickly. You don't revamp a billion dollar organization overnight no matter who the owner is.

I forget the timeline at this point but I think the start was the clown show recruitment of Bryce Harper and then hiring Machado's friends and relatives hoping that would get him here on the cheap. Then the final nail was not hiring AJ.

Hey!!! Their Pythagorean WL percentage says they should have five wins. Who do you think is responsible for that extra win if not the manager? He should be in the MOTY conversation.

Wasn’t this supposed to be the strength coming into the season? I tuned out most of the offseason but I thought that was what was expected, good offense and no pitching.

I remember I used to frequent JayTheJoke.com around 20 years ago. A bunch of people that hated, with good reason, Jay Mariotti.

The bar for retiring numbers around here is pretty low.

I think it’s certainly safe for some to rule out wild card flirtation.

I mean the two year contract will be up long before Ishbia takes over. I don’t think he’s as involved as people hope.

A 2 year, $34 million deal, making less than Benitendi and less than 5% of Ohtani, is not proof that he is not cheap. The point still stands.

No it does not. Which is why it has been on ignore for the last year. I would highly recommend others do the same.

Wonder if he'll pull a reverse John Elway and declare for the NFL draft.