[Dr. Johnny Fever]

While people are losing their minds because of Mijares let me say this... and I'm NOT saying this is any excuse for the failure this year during "Our Time."

We all came into this year with higher expectations. We've all been sorely disappointed in the result. When DM came in he said right up front we were going to build through the draft and foreign development. We HAVE and ARE doing that. No... it doesn't make the product on the field right now any more bearable. Anyone who follows baseball (as the people who frequent this thread do) understand that building through the draft in baseball mean time will be taken. It's been 5 years now. The results aren't showing in the teams record this year but I don't think anyone believes we don't have the young talent at the positions to get there overall.

The subject of starting pitching has been a different subject. It's failed miserably and that falls on DM/Glass every bit as much as having talent at the postions is a credit to them. They absolutely must do better and no one disputes that.

While we're killing Glass and DM... which is in large part deserved... lets try to also remember that the first wave is on the MLB roster now and they're young and imperfect but there is a lot to feel good about there for the future. Moose, Perez, Hosmer (hopefully it's just a sophomore slump), Gordon, Cain, Escobar. Future waves have Myers, Starling, Cuthbert. The spending for foreign development is there.

These things take time... and some times a lot of time in baseball... but DM/Glass have done what they said they would in building this way.

Again, we have to get better starting pitching. We have to spend seriously in free agency. We need some good choices to be made with complimentary parts.

It's dismal because we're in last place in an "Our Time" year. That slogan was a huge mistake. The whole team doesn't suck though and things ARE being done to improve it... just not enough yet.

Flame away.