We’re in year four of the rebuild/reboot/insert-your-term-here. For other teams that have been through this process, this year is really the end of the “sorting.” They determine their best eight starting position players, five best starting pitchers, and best relievers, then go into the off-season ready to make upgrades where necessary to take the next step.
For this writer anyway, it feels as though the results of the “sorting” that has taken place through the previous difficult years is being dismissed. Two outfielders, Billy Hamilton and Adam Duvall, with sub-.200 batting averages are still involved in a four-man outfield rotation that also involves Scott Schebler and Jesse Winker.