Think of 2017-19 as greased skids for Dusty. Last year, Dusty greased Arlington's skids. It matters that he handed Arlington a title with the Astros.
He acts like Dusty built it. Lol He was handed a turn-key dynasty. But that stuff isn’t really what matters to rvo.
I'm not a fan of Espada. Give him another year and see what happens, but I'm not sure that he's the guy.
Espada was handed a dynasty and got swept. Dusty took the team after the scandal and legitimized them.
Astros went sub-500 Dusty's first season. Houston legitimized Dusty and his 2 decades of failure. Then Dusty legitimized Arluckton.
Joe was given a team with some holes. Dusty was not (except Maldy) not the same thing at all but we know you don’t care about that
You don’t hand over a dynasty to someone with no managerial experience. Lots of terrible in game management decisions. Everything wasn’t his fault but he wasn’t right for the job. It was just a lazy decision to me.
half season... All Star break... produce all stars... if the majority of your team is all-star eligible, you've managed them well. If not, damn dude... its been cool while you've been here & you got a few rings.
While this post is true, this has nothing to do with Maldy/Diaz. The reason they lost out was the really need to add 3 proven MLB bats at 1B/CF/LF. The bottom of the lineup must get better and Dana has the trade prospets and money to make this happen. God, I wish Luhnow was making these calls.
Prairie Dogs Turtle Heads Dana Brown Knowing how to build and retain a swag FAY baseball team.... 3 truths & a lie, go!
Yeah the bullpen Dusty had at his disposal during the World Series was historic. That Framber was dominant. Joe was stuck with a weaker bullpen and a worse Framber But Joe totally sucks and Dusty was awesome right?
My main issue with Espada, and this could've been that he was forced to do it given the big contract that was given to the new "closer", was his handing out of the closer role to Hader at the start of the season. It should've been by committee depending on matchups, instead of just being handed out. This last game was a perfect microcosm of this issue, where Hader should've pitched in the 8th, when the Tigers had their best left handers up, which in turn would've forced AJ to make some tough pinch hit decisions or have his hitters face unfavorable matchups. Instead, he followed the same formulaic pattern (Abreu, Presley, Hader) with no regard to context. At the end, our offense was probably the biggest culprit for this loss, but I feel like Espada could've helped things a bit with better management, especially of our bullpen.
Ask yourself this question and come to your own conclusion: Does Espada make this team better, worse, or the same?
