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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I don't think that's really fair. New ownership came in and invested heavily in scouting, development and analytics. They were awful when they bought the team and instead of spending money to get mediocre quickly they kept their powder dry for when the young players matured and were ready to compete. To me, that's how you do it.
As for this series the one thing that concerned me was the bats going cold. It can happen to any team. Astros haven't hit the whole series and if it doesn't change Thursday, this dream season will be over.
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They were fairly unapologetic about the losing and said as much about tanking. They gambled with it and it paid off for them. My frustration is with Baseball being a copycat league so many other teams are trying the same blueprint. Which leads to very uncompetitive teams. There was a reason why there were the most 100 win and 90 win teams in MLB history this year. And then you get teams like the Twins making the playoffs because 3 teams in their division were utter garbage and fielding uncompetitive teams. I will always respect teams like the Cardinals more who field the most competitive teams they can and continually see forms of success.