Post#1054 » by bartron_44 » Wed Mar 6, 2024 7:58 pm
Also, they cant be surprised how bad the hitting got. They basically spent 2 off seasons letting HRs walk out the door in favor of pitching and defense.
Semien, Hernandez, Grichuk and Gurriel are all gone. Those 4 guys hit 120 HRs with 383 RBIs in 2021 when they could out-slug people.
They replaced Ray, Stripling, Ryu and Matz with Gausman, Bassitt, Manoah and Kikuchi… and then let Ryu walk. Thanks to Manoa’s implosion, they really didnt get much better SP in 2023 then they did in 2021. They NEED Manoah to figure it out this year, or for Bowden Francis to have a breakout season in the 5 spot. They also need a DOMINANT bullpen behind these starters they are going to be relying so heavily upon, and they didnt really spend any money there this offseason with Rodriguez trying things as a starter ffs. They lost Hicks and Jackson and added essentially no one.
Getting real hard to not think Atkins needs to go.