05-12-2024, 04:52 PM
(05-12-2024, 04:34 PM)samhain Wrote: My issue with him is his constant tinkering. The culture of reckless base running is hurting them as well.
The team we have here has a lot of potential, but much of the talent is still very much unproven.
Sometimes I feel like Bell is a not-so-great manager that gets by due to other obvious flaws in the organization. He's a problem, but he's rarely THE problem. Problem A1 is the fact that the ownership is eternally cheap and hamstrung by what they are willing to spend on talent. Major League talent.
This past FA period was an overall flop. They basically did well with bullpen guys (except for Pagan), but did little to help the need for better RH power. They made a bad decision with Candelario and overpaid.
Budget is always a consideration, but sometimes you need to buy something nice so you don't buy it twice. They may not have shelled out a deal like LA did for Teoscar Hernandez, but they still spent decent money. The return. they are getting for it is crap, so really it was flushing it down the toilet. I get not wanting to get bogged down by long term deals, but I see no reason that they can't pay a guy like that for 3 years or so. They need to put on the big boy pants in FA if they are ever going to take advantage of the low payroll they enjoy while the young kids are pre-arbitration.
