What trade or FA were really available? It was a very light hitters market. Chapman being so high in the rankings shows you something. Plus it seems with Turner they hit really well. I mean other than Ohtani who they tried to get and Soto who they couldn’t get there wasn’t much out there.
I would say that it’s their inability to develop prospects that’s the issue but with Clement, Schneider and some others coming up maybe that’s not as bad as I thought. Still a weakness but not as bad as I thought. Well that’s the hitting side. The fact they don’t have better relief pitching options is a condemnation of their farm system and development.
But yeah it’s the utter collapse of Vlad, Bo, Kirk and Springer who have sunk them.
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