Wildcard chances...

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:14 pm

00243D2A273C2A3F4B0 wrote: " I appreciate the passion, but for me, you lose credibility with your defense of a Management team who has never won anything.

I don't think the "never won a championship" is a good indicator of the quality of a player/coach/front office. Lot's of the greatest ever never won a championship. Conversely, all sorts of subpar players and coaches have won championships.
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I think it is different for players and GM's. Of course there are great players who never had enough good players on a team to win a championship. But the purpose of a GM is to field a winning team. There are no good/great GM's who have never won anything.

Not an all time great =/= "worst in all of baseball, if not all of sports." I don't think people tire of the understandable criticism just the hyperbole.

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:31 pm

Hmmm . . . Cubs apparently adding Daniel Murphy and Cards adding Matt Adams. I could see Adams doing well in Pittsburgh, and being no worse than Bell at first.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:49 pm

7173696F791C0 wrote: Hmmm . . . Cubs apparently adding Daniel Murphy and Cards adding Matt Adams. I could see Adams doing well in Pittsburgh, and being no worse than Bell at first.

Nats are 1/2 game in back of Pirates and throwing in the towel. Cards are basically tied for second wild card and trying to keep it. I'm hoping the Cards fall short.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:07 pm

Speaking of worst management teams, look at what the Nats have squandered with what is arguably a much more enviable position that we'd ever get in Pittsburgh no matter who owned the team.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:14 pm

Murphy has to be bummed at leaving the NL East. He absolutely feasted on the Mets. (1.162 OPS)

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:17 pm

55676B6B7F4D6E676A6F6067060 wrote: Speaking of worst management teams, look at what the Nats have squandered with what is arguably a much more enviable position that we'd ever get in Pittsburgh no matter who owned the team.
Tons of injuries for the Nats this year. Currently have 6 pitchers on DL including Strasburg (who's missed about half the season), Hellickson and closer Doolittle. Gio Gonzalez has had a bad season. Ryan Zimmerman and Matt Wieters also missed a lot of time with injuries.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:22 pm

Ya, but they've had an all time great player for the past several years, leeway from what I can gather do basically whatever they wanted, in a great market, and netted "nothing" for a wide variety of reasons.

Kovalwat · Post by **Kovalwat** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:42 pm

4E7C70706456757C71747B7C1D0 wrote: Ya, but they've had an all time great player for the past several years, leeway from what I can gather do basically whatever they wanted, in a great market, and netted "nothing" for a wide variety of reasons.
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The Washington Nationals have won 4 Division Championships in the past 6 years, Doofus Huntington has won none over the course of his career. He is the worst GM in all of baseball.