He is not going to say anything earth-shattering in the offseason.
Do not expect Jerry Reinsdorf to fire Chris Getz or open up his wallet. It will be more of the same excuses for why this team failed in such an epic fashion.
All Reinsdorf is gonna say at the end of the year is that he’s disappointed but still has faith in Chris Getz & he’s doing a good job (despite mounting evidence of the opposite)
— Herb Lawrence (@Ecnerwal23) September 12, 2024
They’ll be minor staff changes
They’ll be no money spent
And he’ll insult fans
Yay! https://t.co/Jj30L1hLQK
Even worse, it will be another chance for him to show how he is clinging to a time in baseball that has long past. His romanticization of the Brooklyn Dodgers keeps clouding his judgment to embrace how modern franchises are run and the money it takes to win.
Now is not the time to compliment the team for the effort when they are losing this much.
These are professional baseball players. Effort should be the minimal standard. You should not be complimenting people clearing the lowest bar.
The effort is not enough to win games. The club has lost 15 straight at home.
Baseball is the one sport where you can try as hard as you can and still fail. Hustle is nice to see after the club sleptwalk through 2022 and 2023. A lot of that was because of a few bad apples that are no longer on the team.
The team is trying, but they still blow leads, play poor defense, are terrible at running the bases, cannot hit, and still lack players who can provide value on top of the effort.
It would be nice to win a few more games on talent than extreme effort. Then again, this club would need talent and the owner did not authorize enough funding to get it.