Carlos Beltran isnt big time? Ok.
35 fucking years old Carlos Beltran? That was the big time free agent in the 2012 offseason? He got the biggest deal? Give me one year that the Cardinals went out and signed the premier free agent available in that offseason.
Cubs are being the Oakland A's, and the small market team. #3 revenue teams dont ignore the major league roster, build large hotels, ok 500 million dollar rennovations. They wont spend, they ship proven talent away. They dont care about making an effort to win.
Then why sign anyone this year? They spent more than half of the teams in baseball on major league payroll. That is about the only figure that we can reasonably confident in given everything else is just guesswork, like the Forbes figure.
Here's what I've interpreted the last two years, and no--this isnt supernatural, or wierd, or downright uncanny. I see a shit major league team. I see a front office smart enough to turn profits on a 100+ loss team. And the only bright side I can come out of the other side of the tunnel is now I have prospects to look forward to. I see a clueless, borderline Special person manager. I see undisciplined batters, decent starting pitching efforts erased by Special person relief pitchers not named James Russell.
Wow you see a shit major league team. You mean a team like the one the year before Theo took over or the year before that?
You see undisciplined batters? Why what fucking scouting because I've seen undisciplined hitters for the past decade and beyond from this organiztion.
And the bullpen is bad. Yeah that is shocking given the fact that relievers not named Mariano Rivera tend to fluctuate between being good and bad. I'll admit that I thought that the bullpen would be better this year. I was wrong on that count. I bought into Marmol's second half, Camp's season, and Fujikawa's NPB numbers and scouting. That hasn't worked out, but it isn't exactly shocking either. Theo's front office is hardly the first front office to build a bad bullpen, and the team's that have consistently built good bullpens are few and far between.
When they start winning, this goes away. But whens that going to be? I was told 3 years. Now its 4. And when they ship away pieces for more prospects, it will be five. But if you throw enough shit against the wall, something is bound to stick, right? Where's our Allen Craig?
By whom? Who told you when this would go away? The quotes I've read from Theo has been that there is no timeline and there are no shortcuts. Allen Craig is exactly the fucking point your side wants to continue to ignore. Allen Craig was an eighth round pick and Albert Pujols was a 13th round pick. Good scouting and development are important, and the moves that you and others have suggested limit the number of those chances whether you want to acknowledge that is important or not.
