I think this is well overdue. I’ve kept quiet for 2 years now on what I’ve seen for the past 6-7 years and it’s just gross mismanagement of talent and contracts.
For Alex… He really makes some weird decisions. On one hand our greatest need for 5 years has been quality starting pitching to fill a 4th spot but he constantly acts as 1) we have enough arms on the farm to get by and 2) cheap experience is better than young and ringless dominators. Yet at the same time he constantly overpays people like Ozuna and quirky guys like Panda and Profar. You win this game by pitching. I honestly don’t know why we don’t go after more quality guys. Because it seems this farm projects rarely work out or are ready when we need them.
Snitker… what hasn’t been said? He has been a good locker room manager but let’s be honest. From 17-22 we won because of massive amounts of young talent. I’m not going to complain as much because we atleast won one WS but the fact that is the only one we reached in that time period is criminal.
Let’s face it… 2021 was a fluke in which every thing went right for us at the Trade Deadline and everything went wrong for the Dodgers in the 2nd half of the season. Alex made 4 great pickups and Fried and the Night Crew was next level down the stretch. But I think we have a far clearer pitcher on both Snitker and Alex since that WS. We have seen the Phillies actually find a legitimate manager and use their wealth in rational ways to compete with us. We have been put out twice by the Phillies and finally relinquished the East to them. It ain’t getting better with Snitker and Alex.
For Alex… He really makes some weird decisions. On one hand our greatest need for 5 years has been quality starting pitching to fill a 4th spot but he constantly acts as 1) we have enough arms on the farm to get by and 2) cheap experience is better than young and ringless dominators. Yet at the same time he constantly overpays people like Ozuna and quirky guys like Panda and Profar. You win this game by pitching. I honestly don’t know why we don’t go after more quality guys. Because it seems this farm projects rarely work out or are ready when we need them.
Snitker… what hasn’t been said? He has been a good locker room manager but let’s be honest. From 17-22 we won because of massive amounts of young talent. I’m not going to complain as much because we atleast won one WS but the fact that is the only one we reached in that time period is criminal.
Let’s face it… 2021 was a fluke in which every thing went right for us at the Trade Deadline and everything went wrong for the Dodgers in the 2nd half of the season. Alex made 4 great pickups and Fried and the Night Crew was next level down the stretch. But I think we have a far clearer pitcher on both Snitker and Alex since that WS. We have seen the Phillies actually find a legitimate manager and use their wealth in rational ways to compete with us. We have been put out twice by the Phillies and finally relinquished the East to them. It ain’t getting better with Snitker and Alex.
