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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
How does it not make sense? Can you Tell me another team that was supposed to contend for a World Series (not came out of nowhere to contend), that started the season with 2 essentially rookies on innings limits and not really a single pitcher that could be considered an ace? I can't think of one. They all go out and some spend some cash so they don't have a huge hole. The Blue Jaya really did nothing, and that's what gets people so riled up.
Did it work out for them? Absolutely in hindsight, but that wasn't by design, that was by chance. You don't going into a World Series contending season leaving something to chance.
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Let's break this down.
1. You are moving the goal posts. You stated that contending teams don't leave things to chance. Now you are isolating to a very edge case situation where two teams have young players on innings limit.
2. One of those players we haven't even heard anything about innings limits during this stretch drive.
3. I think they were hoping Stroman was their ace, or Estrada.
4. You seem pissed off that they didn't bank up the brinks truck for Price, even though clearly that would have been the wrong decision in retrospect
5. Absent Price, where would they have gone out to get this supposed ace
6. Happ started to look good in the 2nd half of the season. His performance this year is a surprise but really just a continuation of that trajectory. Perhaps they saw that and felt he had that in him
7. Regardless THEY built this team so they get credit for the good moves and being in first. THEY got Happ. THEY put Sanchez in the rotation. THEY re-signed Estrada. They did all that and frankly those moves look really good and probably better than if they had followed your advice by spending huge coin on Price (and not bringing back Estrada)
8. You seem to want to chalk up anything that has gone their way to luck, while at the same time railing against them for made up scenarios and what ifs.
9. Your entire beef seems to be grounded in that they don't spend enough money. Guess what. It ain't your money. As a publicly traded company they are responsible to their shareholders because it is THEIR money. Moreover, it isn't like they are in the bottom half of the league. If this is what matters to you more than anything else - you need to cheer for the Yankees, Dodgers or BoSox otherwise you will be perpetually frustrated.
Your arguments are so clouded in your irrational hate for Rogers that you've lost sight if enjoying a really fun team.
I don't get it.