Terrible management of the bullpen, terrible defense, runners LOB, strikeouts galore, injuries upon injuries. This team couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start.
They are. How about make the playoffs in back to back seasons instead of anointing themselves as World Series contenders. It’s looking more like the last two weeks of last season was the real team and the rest was a fluke.
In excusable. Cue the “Foster” was throwing the ball real good and battling out there, that was the most impressive onslaught on a pitcher I’ve ever seen, I’m proud to be on the losing side of this game.”
This team currently is not a World Series caliber. Things can change, but they needed everything to go right this year and everyone play at their peak potential. They didn’t account for injuries, lack of depth, nor regression.