I agree that Rogers stuck their nose in. They've done it in the past. Really frustrating though cause everyone saw where this team was headed after 2015. The team was getting older, the farm system was mortgaged for a small window. The team was trending down after 2015 and it wasn't going to get better...they had a nice go in 2016 but it clearly wasn't the same team...Shapiro wanted to retool after 2016 from what I recall, and that was totally the right move, but Rogers made decisions with their wallet, as they always do.
All that said, I still don't have confidence in Atkins. He's clumsy and awkward from a PR standpoint, and although that doesn't really mean much, he's been here how many years, and has he really hit a home run with any significant transaction? Just once I want to step back and say to myself, "Well f***! Atkins pulled off a beauty move that's meaningful."