I think you agree Roy. The injuries are one thing, but combining them with the continual influx of rookies/ near-rookies - (as promising as they may be) creates instability. Holliday, Cowser, Mayo, Norby, Kjerstad, Povich, even Stowers. The past two years: Rutschman and Henderson. One rookie, a solid unremarkable, yet reliable core that had been playing together for several years. Maybe Elias needs to answer for this. I’m not buying the injury excuse for position players. The pitching - amazing job for the injury plague (Kimbrel not included). Have to wonder if these injuries have something to do with the training staff don’t you?
Fangraphs put us at 99.1% going into today. It's not impossible for things to go wrong but a lot has to go wrong. We're 3-7 in our last 10, and if we go 3-8 we're probably in.
The injuries excuse only goes so far. The team is sleepwalking right now, and I don’t see Hyde snapping them out of it. I don’t think his job is in jeopardy right now, but if they continue this slide for the next two weeks and then make an early exit from the playoffs Hyde will be on a real short leash going into 2025. Any slump to start next season and he’ll be sent packing.
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