re: DAT 4/10 Astros (Our Spaghetti) @ Royals (Lugo). 6:40

Counting the 6-5 showing in the postseason last year, this team went 14-15 in its last 29 games of 2023 and is now 4-9 in 2024. So that’s an 18-24 record over the past 42 games with largely the same group intact.

Those 42 games are not even a third of a season, but they’re also not a 10-game stretch, either. It may be an accurate reflection of what this team now is. You have 5 starting pitchers on the DL. You have a mess in the bullpen. You have two first basemen who shouldn’t be on the roster, and a third baseman isn’t worth a shite half the season. And you have another hole in center, along with a right fielder who acts as if he doesn’t give a shite.

Throw in a new manager who was passed over multiple times by other teams for open managerial positions (though whose decisions are still an upgrade over the dipshit who left). I hope I am completely wrong, but this is not a good team right now.