Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
It's crazy. And I know I'm in denial, but I still don't think we are that bad. We have some serious hitters 1-7 and Forsythe has been hitting in the 9 hole. We are 4th nationally in defense. It's the bull pen. I know we have had some injuires, but so does every pitching staff. Lemonis and his staff really dropped the ball not adding a couple of arms from the portal. Got content or got too optimistic about some guys making a jump.
Backups haven’t stepped up from the pen. You can never have enough arms, it’s so bad not having ANY relievers, not even one!

One thing for sure, losing is contagious, no character building and confidence is gone. I think many players play so much baseball at young ages and year around that they peak or burnout. It’s gotten worse the last say decade.