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[rocketeer357]

You definitely need to sign Yamamoto. Minimum. Let Ohtani play in LA- his best years are behind him, which is to say I can't see him pitching for more years at a level approaching his 2022 stats when they glue his elbow back together.

The formula for playoff relief pitching was inked by the Royals in 2015: win every game you lead after 6 innings with the same 3 reliable arms. Those arms know when they're coming in before the game starts. Stearns knows this, as it has worked very well in Milwaukee during their playoff run. Stay away from guys who are a roll of the dice in the playoffs. IMO, if you trot out Kimbrel and you lose, there's no surprise there. But to let it happen twice in a pennant series...Grady Little was fired for less! Look how long it took Dave Roberts to not let Kenly Jansen lose another big game for the Dodgers.

I wouldn't quit on 2024 just yet. If the snakes and fish can make the playoffs given the predictions for them at the start of the 2023 season, anyone can get in.

And learn to love your GM! It cracked me up when I read "your former GM..." Or is there someone else you would have preferred? Bring back Brodie?