(12-28-2020, 02:36 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote:

(12-28-2020, 03:48 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I should've known there would be some trade off to the Jags getting the #1 pick and possibly getting better. As my football team gets better, my Rays are gonna start sucking again. First, we lose Charlie Morton and now there are reports that we have agreed to trade Blake Snell to the Padres for what is basically, a bunch of "magic beans."  With our best two starting pitchers gone, we have no ace and we're gonna have to score 6+ runs a game to even stay in contention for a .500 record. This sucks!

Quite frankly, outside of his Cy Young season, I haven't been very impressed with Snell. He was shaky before that season and went back to being shaky after that season. During that season, nothing ever bothered him, he never really showed any kind of emotion, good or bad. Before and after that season, a bad circumstance often derailed him. And he throws way too many pitches because he's always going deep in counts.

Also, this has been the Rays MO from the beginning. They shed older, more expensive players for younger ones. They don't have a budget like a Yankees or Red Sox, so they have to make due other ways. Really, this makes their success all that more impressive. At this point, I can't be to critical of the front office until I see the team being terrible again.

I know, but I thought maybe, since we'd reached the World Series, they'd at least give this roster one more season to gel and see how good they could be. I should've known better. 

Oh, they'll be bad next year. We're now left with Glasnow, Yarbrough, Waka and Fleming as starting pitchers. I don't see a #1 in that bunch. Glasnow is a #2, Yarbrough is a #4 at best, Waka is someone they got off the trash heap and Fleming is a complete unknown.

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