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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
A lot of Soria hate is overreaction from fans who for three years got spoiled from rarely seeing a lead blown after the 6th inning.
And I don't mean that in a condescending way. I mean, when you have a historic shutdown bullpen for such an usual amount of time, you get so comfortable that it naturally becomes a shock when the situation reverts to more normal levels.
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That also has a lot to do with it.
That terminator bullpen you guys had with Herrera, Davis and Holland in their primes put together the best season or two of relief work as a trio arguably in baseball history. They were unreal.
But that's not happening again. Ever. Teams can keep trying to assemble super 'pens but reliever volatility says the odds of them ever having 3 guys put together years like that simultaneously are pretty much nil regardless of how much money they spend.
Soria was just...normal. He had his bad days but he had far more good ones. The problem for Jack was that Royals fans weren't used to guys having their bad days because his predecessors simply didn't. They were machines.