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Originally Posted by Bingo
I think they had a 5M+ fourth liner regardless as you said.
I support Treliving, but it's hard to fathom how the pro scouting staff could have missed the mark on both Brouwer and Neal.
Now clearly there are some caveats on all these things. Neal has been productive, so I guess without insider knowledge on not working hard in the summer it would be hard to predict the cliff he fell off. Secondly attitude would be hard to measure because he's never had a lack of success pushing him down the roster.
With that said ... the Brouwer contract hurt, doubling down on an older player again seemed crazy. I know most liked the Neal signing the day it happened, but almost all of us worried about 5 years.
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Maybe they're just not all that competent.
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