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On 8/22/2024 at 1:36 PM, ledzepp8 said:

Honestly, it doesn’t really matter what you think. People show you stats that disprove your opinion and you put your fingers in your ears screaming, “I don’t care, I’m right”. 

Sooooo. Now do you think I was right about this crappy offense. ? Again they were overrated and I try to warn people but no I got  response like this. 

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Question for all of you corporate types:

If you owned this "company," what's your next step? 

Perhaps even more importantly, what do you do in the off season? 

Based on performance, the team is competitive. I think most pundits have the team as 99% likely to make the playoffs. However, I think the NYY are favored to win the division. by those same pundits. At the start of the season, the goal was to make the playoffs. Mission likely accomplished for the second year in a row. That's in spite of a vicious injury bug. 

However, there is an old saying in business that if you are not improving, you are going backwards. This team does not appear to be improved from 2023. What do you do about that? 

IMHO, this is a pivotal off season for the O's. Lots of important decisions to make. Plenty of salary flexibility. Many of the young star prospects have gotten their feet wet. It seems rather clear that the existing player assets are rather well defined. 

It should be an interesting winter.

 

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