Honestly this was what I was afraid of happening this year. A top 3 pitching staff that has to carry the 20th best offence to the playoffs, which they very possibly could do. The problem is facing one of the perennial big boys with 2x+ the payroll. THAT'S when we will really feel the pain of...
Correct, everyone does have a choice. The choices people in Seattle have made have led to an owner that profited around 160 million in the last 2 years, and that's not even counting the increased value of the team over those 2 years. This owner is still raking in crazy amounts of money because...
We are the #12 baseball market, we would have a new team within a decade with a better owner because lets be honest, anyone is better than the clown we have.
Ok so now they have a shot a 2nd place in the division. Yaaaaaaaay. If they somehow made it out of the AL into the Series, they might win 1 game against the dodgers or braves.
It was time. Yes, there's risk, but I'm ready for it because you can win championships if you're a bad team and have to rebuild for a few years. Mediocrity is what keeps championships from happening.
It unfortunately looks like its our destiny to be stuck with pete another 2 to 3 years, and probably stuck with geno too unfortunately. Maybe we will get lucky and they will pick up a qb in the first couple rounds of the draft and he actually pans out.