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We expected a drubbing.
Browsing through the games looking for signs of hope. There aren’t many.
Our rookie left fielder, Fred Clarke. He can hit these guys, he says. Actually he’s doing a rally good job (.345 .411 .596). So, that’s one ray of hope.
Also um… Well, the guys who are not starting cold, it’s a very short list. Dihigo, Freeman, Betts, maybe Lou Brock.
Did we even bring an infield this year? Whoolordie. Come out from under the trainer’s table fellas. No, you all have to play, you have contracts.
How about the pitching?
Come out of the bullpen, fellas, you can’t all crowd inside. Stop shivering. The way you’re all sobbing is not inspiring much confidence, ya know.
Decent, who’s pitching decently? See, there’s Moose. Good job, Moose!
Oh my lord. Just Moose? The pitching staff as a whole is 7-17? Five saves. Wait, did you say FIVE saves?
None of that sounds encouraging. So this season won’t be about winning, but rather loss management.
Offense: Runs scored 14th. OPS isn’t wretched, but WAR is.
Defense: Runs against 11th. Starters ERA 13th. Bullpen 10th. Wow, how the mighty have fallen.
For Mar/Apr: 8-17 Rdiff -44. Forecast: 68 wins. We’re deep in Rel territory, as of this moment, part of the eight sub-.400 teams. Eight teams getting gang-raped? What kind of nightmare is Perfect? At least we didn’t finish dead last. Yet.
Let’s see what the sports writers have to say about things. Power rankings 25th. Yuh, let’s not read the papers any more this season.
Notable games: 15 runs on Apr 18th. Shared SHO Apr 24th.
Pray that this is just a slump. Because it doesn’t sound much like a Dynasty.
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