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Originally Posted by jayswin
Yeah, we're acting like this season is unexpected and heads must role. It's very expected. I mean sure they could have had literally everything go right and be doing okay, but how often does that happen for teams?
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It's a bit unexpected...in terms of who can't hit.
Turner has been surprisingly good, and guys like IKF, Biggio, Schneider, Clement, etc have been fine in their depth / bench roles.
Even Varsho has maybe been better than expected.
The real issue is that Guerrero didn't bounce back, Bichette is having a rough season, and Springer continued his struggles from late last season.
Those are your three highest paid outfield players and they combine for $56M of salary.
And right now they have a combined 7 home runs, 76 hits, and a .217 batting average.
You can't trade them all...so they really should be firing the manager and hitting coach to see if anything can spark those 3. Because you're D.O.A if they keep this up.
(They also needed to add another bat to help protect those guys...but you could argue Turner has actually provided that).