Honestly it wasn't the deadline IMO, it was the offseason.
They needed to add a pitcher from then and couldn't get it done. Looking back on this season that is the true time. Even when they went on their run you knew that the pitching staff wouldn't be able to hold up for 162 games.
The may have been able to survive it if the bats stayed hot (and healthy) but the team relies so much on home runs that you could see that wasn't going to hold up either.
Would help too if Dickie was even 1/2 of what he was in New York. Imagine where this team would be if they didn't have Stroman.
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