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Imagine if DD had never made a waiver deadline trade?

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We could have had a rotation of

Jake Arietta, Zach Davies, Josh Hader, Eduardo Rodriguez, Chris Tilman

plus a couple extra first round picks

I don't think there is anything that DD can do in the next couple weeks that

will get this team to the playoffs

Amazing overachievement (albeit with a favorable schedule) to get where they are,

but much like last year this team is not playoff bound

And so we wait to see who is given away for another futile playoff push this year.

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We could have had a rotation of

Jake Arietta, Zach Davies, Josh Hader, Eduardo Rodriguez, Chris Tilman

Josh Hader? The guy walking almost 6 batters per nine innings in AAA? Eduardo Rodriguez of the Ubaldo-level ERA fame?

I'm not against the concept (and I was against every single one of these trades) but this rotation doesn't look much better than the one we have, with the obvious exception of Jake.

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3-game losing streak during an offensive slump, two to the Yankees.. Queue the D&Gers...

This team will be in the playoffs this year. We've seen this offense slump and we've seen this offense set MLB records. With few guys overachieving at the plate, the offense will rebound.

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We could have had a rotation of

Jake Arietta, Zach Davies, Josh Hader, Eduardo Rodriguez, Chris Tilman

plus a couple extra first round picks

I don't think there is anything that DD can do in the next couple weeks that

will get this team to the playoffs

Amazing overachievement (albeit with a favorable schedule) to get where they are,

but much like last year this team is not playoff bound

And so we wait to see who is given away for another futile playoff push this year.

Arietta would of been DFA'd eventually anyway for not performing, not to mention the fallout from that trade was Trumbo and Miller from E Rod who played big in the ALDS. I am not the biggest fan of DD and trades but those two I really don't blame him on. No to mention E rod has a 7 plus era

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3-game losing streak during an offensive slump, two to the Yankees.. Queue the D&Gers...

This team will be in the playoffs this year. We've seen this offense slump and we've seen this offense set MLB records. With few guys overachieving at the plate, the offense will rebound.

Seriously. Webbrick lives for this. I've never seen a "fan" take such pleasure in his team losing.

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We could have had a rotation of

Jake Arietta, Zach Davies, Josh Hader, Eduardo Rodriguez, Chris Tilman

plus a couple extra first round picks

I don't think there is anything that DD can do in the next couple weeks that

will get this team to the playoffs

Amazing overachievement (albeit with a favorable schedule) to get where they are,

but much like last year this team is not playoff bound

And so we wait to see who is given away for another futile playoff push this year.

What is so favorable about this schedule? After this series it will be 50/50. The Red Sox have an easier schedule then us so far. They also get one huge advantage and it may be the difference in who wins it.

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Deadline deals is part of what makes baseball at least a little competitive market-wise. You have teams that can feast on free agency and then when they are winning at the deadline they can trade future pieces to teams that obviously need a boost. Not trying to say that the market size directly correlates to winning but how many times have the Yankees had a losing season since the 90s?

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