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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
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In 2022, early in the season it was clear that the team needed big time arms in the bullpen. Atkins didn’t address that. He brought in Pop, Bass, and White. Bass blew up in the playoffs and was a ####show this year. Pop hasn’t amount to much due largely to injuries and that he has options. White has been a disaster but is hopefully trending positively (assuming that he is added to the roster to keep him from Rule 5).
In 2023, early in the season it was clear that the team needed some power in the lineup to put somewhere in the middle of the order. Instead we got the great arm that we needed in 2022 and Paul DeJong.
His body of work is undeniable. He’s left gaping holes in the team and didn’t address them. If we had good bullpen arms in 2022 and a power bat in 2023, this team wouldn’t have scratched and clawed to make a wild card spot and end up at 0-4 in the playoffs.