Oh stop it, every fan base does the same thing, it's fun, players don't care, people make too much of it.
I'm much more concerned about the fact that, you know, we're getting assf***ed by a real team.
Ohtani was a business decision not a baseball decision. He's a one-of-a-kind unicorn that brings in media and dollars that nobody else would. I don't believe they're going to do something like that again because there's nobody else in baseball like him. He transcends the game. Yankees might lock Soto up before then anyway, I don't mind the idea of the Jays bluffing and forcing the Yankees to up their bid, but I can't see us making a serious offer.
What is he supposed to say? That's literally what happened. If he was blinded by some sort of light or some sort of bug or debris hit him in the face at that moment or if his webbing broke, he would say that, but if it was just a flat out miss, what more can he say?
Pitching isn't elite. OF defense is, but not pitching. Not like we're the 90's Braves. Our advantage last year was depth and health. We'll see this year, but in the playoffs it's all about the front 3 in the rotation and back 4 in the pen. Depth isn't as much of a weapon anymore. Most playoff teams can match us or at least come pretty close with their frontline pitching come playoff time. It wasn't as much of an advantage last year as people here made it seem despite the teams impressive team ERA. Looks like we're going down a similar path this year.
People just don't get it. This is an okay team, it's just an okay team. This is supposed to be our competitive window and the plan is to hope that enough dominoes fall our way that we squeak into the playoffs as a wildcard and then hope that somehow our inept offense can beat the great offenses that we would have to face in the postseason against pitching that can very easily match ours.
Yeah we've fallen a long ways from the Donaldson, Bautista, Edwin days. Win or lose the games are f***ing dreadful to sit through. This team does not inspire confidence.
I wouldn't give up on Bo, he has been as consistent as consistent can be in the last few years. Vlad on the other hand, you can dump him into Lake Ontario.