None of Bautista, Reyes, Cabrera, Encarnacion, Lind, Rasmus, or Lawrie have been able to play 140 games in consecutive seasons. That right there is a problem, their better players on this team who could more or less play every day get injured too much, and the depth to support them hasn't been good enough. I do think that they could use a personality make over too.
Trading Bautista at his age, likely isn't a bad move. His production is going to decline, and health is going to be a concern. His time to win as a contributing guy is within the next couple of years. Which I think is why he was so annoyed when the team didn't really do much at the deadline.
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