Vlad and Bo are elite bats. Not generational talents but elite. To me they should have been exploring deals last year, with the maximizing of the return through a potential sign and trade. I’ve said they should be looking to deal them out of necessity last year. I don’t want to deal them but truly the second they went with a d first lineup it was apparent they didn’t have the bat talent through their prospect development, and it was necessary to deal them to get that barring they go the LA route and go ballistic on salary. I don’t blame Atkins for not signing Bo and Vlad. It takes two to tango and if Bo and Vlad wanted to bet on themselves they can’t be forced to sign. But the lack of prospect development and the lack of asset management is completely their fault. Poor asset management all around. They can continue pointing to vanity metrics like their defensive capability but it’s not winning jack. This is all on Atkins.
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