Quite simply, I've lost a lot of faith in the team's ability to adapt to the changing run-scoring environment. Critical players have either plateaued or declined. We're hamstrung with contracts, missing contributors at key positions of which there aren't many interesting FA to target and I'm not particularly confident in Jed's ability to identify the right guy in trade, even if he appears to have done very well acquiring Busch to this point. I don't feel that good about 2025. This season has really soured me, maybe it's stupid IDK.
Why do you quote "unload" as if it implies something negative?
We don't have Steele for 2028. We have him for 3 arb years after this one. He'll be 29 next year and we will see how his health is holding up but on the injury nexus he'll be entering the red. We have to wait and see what Jed does this offseason but there is a lot of work that needs to be done and not a lot of wiggle room, and he's gonna need to get creative. I see a real possibility that the team flounders similarly next year and at that point you might have to just submit that they're not gonna get it done and make some moves, hopefully in the mold of the Burnes/Ortiz deal where you get immediate imapctful help.