Guys the outcome doesn't matter here. The season is over. .500 teams that can't score runs don't go to the playoffs. #weaklink didn't score any runs again, big surprise.
What matters far more is D Rod is the freaking truth! Lightning in a bottle. Will he get figured out? I really hope not. If not he's your Cueto replacement for next year.
After a 98 loss season, that's a large improvement.
We have discovered some gems in the young guys:
DRod is a revelation
Suarez has been mostly solid
Moronta has been nails
Slater has been solid
Duggar in SSS looks good
Hanson has been a good contributor
Mac was great, until he got hurt.
I'm probably forgetting someone, but yeah, developing the young guys.
Longo has been disappointing, though he got hurt
Belt can't stay on the field
Cueto is hurt
Scrabble is hurt
Bum was out two months
Cutch has been lukewarm, but a good team guy
Panda contributed some big hits before getting hurt
So I can kvetch all I want, still, it has been much better than last year. Not as good as we'd hoped, but still not as bad as we'd feared. Where do they go from here?
Exactly, suddenly we have an infusion of youth that bodes well for next year if we can stay healthy. Need some right handed power, and one more legit starter and we should contend for a wild card. 17-18 game improvement this year, need 10 more.