I fear they have Made penciled in for 2027 and will decide that means riding with Ortiz for 2026.
The gameplan to hack early and often against the pitcher who gives up the fewest H/9 was a choice that did not pan out.
Fun season. June, July, first half of August were a blast. Most wins in baseball. 6-0 against these guys in the regular season was enjoyable. The crazy win streaks were pure joy, especially when we were able to pile up runs for the first time in recent years.
Alas, it will be over shortly.
Gonna need the Jomboy walkthrough on that one. Contrera seems to be the only person who completely knew what was going on and is out there looking like a genius.
Schildt retiring due to "severe toll" the MLB season (and managing Manny Machado) takes on a person. Decent manager, never thought the Cardinals should have cast him out.
Good job knowing the roster is decent and they aren't afraid to spend, or a trap given they traded away their entire farm system?
Tied with Jhoulys Chacin and Mike Caldwell with 2. Names like Peralta, Woodruff, Burnes, Greinke, Gallardo, Sutton, Fingers, Haas, Vuckovich all with a single win.
Reminder that Abner's 2024 season consisted of: losing the closer's job, starting a fight, getting optioned prior to serving the suspension, then a freak season-ending knee injury while playing hacky sack in the AAA clubhouse. He's come a long way.
Not minding the Ashby open. If he can get a couple and give way to Priester, game 3 would set up perhaps as Quintana, Patrick, Gasser all for 2-3 apiece.
Biggest hole in our system is also that there are no starting rotation pieces we should plan on for 2026. Some talent in AA that could be ready for 2027. With the youth and injury histories, the rotation looks very shaky without Freddy.
Hall either can't be healthy or just isn't prime after the injury. I would have liked to see Myers; playoff experience matters and Myers was excellent in his start last year. Anderson seems to wilt under pressure.