AA's Failure

Enscheff said:
But...the Braves didn’t suck last year and are very unlikely to suck this year.

I think the root cause of your ranting is that you don’t quite understand what is reasonable to expect from a team with a middling payroll. Winning 85-90 wins long term is about the best that can be expecteded.
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Not true.

Astros, Cardinals, Indians, Brewers are all on a "middling payroll" with the Cards being on the high side of that range. Building a team that wins in the 85-90 range on a consistent basis will rarely get you anywhere and is the path of the Pirates, Rays and A's...in other words small market clubs.

There's a difference in not sucking and being legitimately good.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
Not true.

Astros, Cardinals, Indians, Brewers are all on a "middling payroll" with the Cards being on the high side of that range. Building a team that wins in the 85-90 range on a consistent basis will rarely get you anywhere and is the path of the Pirates, Rays and A's...in other words small market clubs.

There's a difference in not sucking and being legitimately good.
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As I said, completely unreasonable expectations, proven by the above statement.

I think you need to review how long those teams have been winning, and what their payroll is compared to the Braves. Then review what “long term” means.
 
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Horsehide Harry said:
Not true.

Astros, Cardinals, Indians, Brewers are all on a "middling payroll" with the Cards being on the high side of that range. Building a team that wins in the 85-90 range on a consistent basis will rarely get you anywhere and is the path of the Pirates, Rays and A's...in other words small market clubs.

There's a difference in not sucking and being legitimately good.
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Indians have only been good for 3 years, and won 100 games one year. The year before, they won 94 games. Last year they won 90 games in a garbage division, and are poised to be about the same or worse this year.

Brewers have been good for one ****ing year.

Cardinals haven’t made the playoffs in 4 years.

Are you sure you have a point?
 
thewupk said:
7 pages of this because the Braves lost the 1st game?
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There are certainly some posts because of that. More it's a reaction to the problems with the opening day roster. It's complaining about the off-season ending with so many roster holes.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Indians have only been good for 3 years, and won 100 games one year. The year before, they won 94 games. Last year they won 90 games in a garbage division, and are poised to be about the same or worse this year.

Brewers have been good for one ****ing year.

Cardinals haven’t made the playoffs in 4 years.

Are you sure you have a point?
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And the Astros have an opening day payroll of abut $176M this year.

Again, the basis of HHs ranting isn’t grounded in facts.
 
I'm calling it, AA is not going to cut it as a GM. He needs to go. The inability to improve the pitching staff is inexcusable. He's overmatched.
 
Well....I certainly am not happy with AA's plan at the moment, but I'll give it til May. However fans can have the opinion that this is bull**** we're looking at. To see teams spend to address their shortcomings and the Braves "wait -and -see" strategy look questionable even in the offseason, is a downer.
 
striker42 said:
AA wasn't great in Toronto. Not sure if you were saying his time as the Jay's GM showed he was able to do the job or not. I look at his time there and am less than impressed.
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You're less than impressed that he was able to lead a franchise who hadn't reached the playoffs in 22 years to back to back playoff appearances? That he was able to wrestle the stranglehold of the division away from the Red Sox and Yankees with a middling payroll?
 
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I had high hopes after 2018, but that's built on premise of teams taking advantage of their windows, not stagnating while everyone else gets better.

We’re paying what? Two players? Freeman, Donaldson, Teheran somewhat. The rest are pretty much minimum guys. Go get somebody to help.

It’s a shame.
 
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