I can't get over how stupid he comes off here. He knows people reacted poorly to the comments. 99% of people in his shoes would take a few minutes to think about damage control and then hit the softball media question out of the park, even if they didn't actually give two shits about the fan reaction. It' just an easy thing to spin with a tiny shred of effort. Not Vlad though. Just stupid f***ing platitudes about how he was true to himself blah blah. Lazy. Stupid.
This team has scored the second-fewest runs in baseball and has two viable SPs and is two games out of the playoffs. What an absurd season. So many teams in the AL should be embarrassed about what they've done.
Yeah. There probably aren't 5 guys in baseball you want more than Shapiro in Shapiro's spot. He's good at his job. For reasons I don't completely understand he comes attached to a GM who's competent but also utterly vanilla and unremarkable. You probably wouldn't have to turn over many rocks to find someone who could do a better job than Atkins, especially given how desirable this job should be in this market. But overall I think you just live with what we have - it could be much, much worse.
It doesn't even feel possible. How is a man that talented and that fat slugging 0.351 with 7 homeruns in over 500 PA at 27 years old?
His SLG at Rogers Centre this season is 0.301, HOW?
Has there been a more disappointing individual player season in franchise history? Vernon Wells forgetting hit to hit in 2007 was painful, but he contributed defensively and wasn't signed for half a billion dollars. Josh Johnson's 2013 was a dick punch. But this is just unbelievable
Oh god this is brutal.
The team will probably miss the playoffs by like 1-2 games with Vlad putting up a 1-WAR season and being paid to put up like 5-6. It's insane that this is happening in year 1 of his deal.
The expanded playoff format sucks. Its offensive that a team that has been this s*** all year is in the playoff picture. We used to mock the NHL for this nonsense.
Feels like just yesterday when Rutschman, Henderson, Holliday, Kjerstad, Cowser, and Mayo were the foundation of a new dynasty. Decent chance none of those guys are even on the team in two years.