Raps in 4 wrote:Madvillainy2004 wrote:Ya know for how awful the offense is our pitching has also been embarrassing. 27th in team ERA coming into today and probably 28th or 29th now. 28th in BAA, last in homeruns given up (19), and 28th in K's per 9.
A minor miracle were 4-6 and not 2-8.
Gausman, Bassitt, and Kikuchi are all in their mid-30s. Not exactly prime years. Decline was inevitable.
The team-building philosophy of this FO is to sign aging vets while ignoring the need to develop prospects. This is the end result.
Let’s be honest, this era’s best window to win was 2021 when Springer was still an elite player and Semien/Vlad/Ray were putting up career years. They wasted it with a joke of a manager and they’ve been chasing a team as good as that ever since with worse players.