The bottom line is this. Management is placing $ over wins as far as importance this year

[OnlyOneOriole]

I made a post about this a couple of weeks ago when Hollliday got cut.  Along with Mayo, Heston, and Stowers.  Let's just say I was not happy.

I say this as a elite HS and college athlete in tennis, hockey, football, basketball and baseball and a current PBA bowler who has played on many TEAMS.

Via experience I have a good sense of  how a team feels and what builds   team camaraderie. 

This team dominated all exhibition season with the young guys.  Those 4 above plus another player or two.  The team was flying high.  Coming off a 101 win season. 

WE ALL SAW THIS.  The team confidence, pre season or not...screamed we are a great team brimming with youthful exuberance and confidence. 

In other words, the players KNEW who the best players were.  The young guys.  Not 25% of the current guys on the ML roster.   These old guys who should have been cut. 

Yet for purely monetary reasons,. Elias and upper management decided that they would rather have players such as Urias, Mateo, Kemp (which is beyond stupefied) and yes even Hayes who I am just done with.

We have had an easy schedule starting out.  At home against 2 terrible teams, and yet this team has lost all of its mojo.  They are dead.

If and when we lose the division or getting into the playoffs by a few games?  Remember these first 30 games when management decided to get cute and go for profit over wins. 

 

Edited April 4 by OnlyOneOriole

[RZNJ]

Oh, brother!

[ThisIsBirdland]

Phew. I’ll second guess stuff when things are bad in the moment but this is one wild screed right here.

Edited April 4 by ThisIsBirdland

[yark14]

You lost me when you bragged that you were an elite athlete in 6 different sports...

[Moose Milligan]

I love it when something starts off with a declarative statement like “the bottom line is this.” 
 

It usually guarantees that whatever’s to immediately follow is a steaming load of manure. 

[Frobby]

30 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

 

We have had an easy schedule starting out.  At home against 2 terrible teams, and yet this team has lost all of its mojo.  They are dead.

I absolutely love it when people post premature bullshit like this.  “They are dead” — riiiiiiight.

[Remember The Alomar]

TFW you're dead

[Malike]

Hot take there. Cooled off fast as hell, unfortunately.

[ledzepp8]

I’m confused, what profit is there to gain by keeping the prospects in the minors?

 I’m not saying those guys shouldn’t (in a perfect world) be in the majors. Hays, Urias and Mateo probably should have been traded but they weren’t. At this point, it’s hard to just bench 5 guys from a team that won the division and had the most wins in the league. 

[Jagwar]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I absolutely love it when people post premature bullshit like this.  “They are dead” — riiiiiiight.

You know it's a crazy thread when @Frobby has a potty mouth comment

[glenn__davis]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I absolutely love it when people post premature bullshit like this.  “They are dead” — riiiiiiight.

Wow.. is that the 1st Frobby curse word on the board? Lol

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, glenn__davis said:

Wow.. is that the 1st Frobby curse word on the board? Lol

He is so cranky lately.  Lol

[Sports Guy]

It’s funny that they are valuing money over wins when they kept the expensive players and didn’t bring up the cheap ones.

Im not sure how that adds up to valuing money but hey, math isn’t everyone’s strong suit.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Come on guys… we remember this guy from last year…

[spiritof66]

You might have convinced me if you had some relevant experience as an elite soccer, ice hockey, volleyball, rugby and 43-man squamish player, but without that .  .  .