You can’t trade for berrios and sign gausman and not go for it. It doesn’t line up. You have to go for it this year. If we need pitching, we need to pay for it in prospects.
He still might be good in year 2 or 3. He’s wild and has the body language of a kid who has to stand up and read something in front of the class. But he’s not complete toast like Roark was.
They totally could fire walker. Pitching and hitting coaches are always the first sacrificial lamb. It’s not going to happen during the season though. They aren’t going to DFA Kikuchi.