LaRussa’s lost this team. He’s going to be fired mid-season if they are still not playing well or he will just retire at the end of the year if they don’t make it to the playoffs or get bounced again in the first round.
This team doesn’t care about winning. All they care about is running their mouth about how good they are, and messing around in the dugout and on the field. If Hinch or even Renteria was still the manager this stuff wouldn’t be happening.
You can tell that something is going on behind the scenes. TLR is retaliating by batting Leury high up in the order and not pinch hitting Grandal in the 9th. Hahn probably wants certain players to play and in certain situations but TLR is not having it.
I think the players lost faith in their manager or there some kind of rift going on between management, the front office and ownership. There’s definitely something going on that’s causing a distraction.
Yeah the energy isn’t there. That’s starts with the manager. Atleast it seemed like Renteria brought that to the clubhouse. Not saying that we bring him back but if they go in a different direction maybe a younger manager would be better to inject some life into this team.