Nightmare season is finally over. Amazing that we were still in playoff contention until Game 161, considering:
Blanco started in 9 games before needing TJ, Garcia got 2, Wesneski got 6, Walter got 9. Arrighetti avoided TJ by missing most of the season due to a freak accident during BP. The Ghost of Cristian Javier didn't start a game until mid-August. We had to give 15 starts to a JAG named Colton Gordon. Framber pitched like an ace until late July then went 2-7 in his final 11 starts, with the team losing 9 of those games.
Our all-star closer's shoulder spontaneously exploded just in time to miss the final 30 games.
Meyers' calf exploded, wiping out 2 months of a career-best year.
Paredes' hamstring exploded, wiping out 2 months of an all-star year.
Pena's multiple injuries cumulatively cost him almost 40 games in a career-best year.
Yordan basically missed the entire season aside from the 2 1/2 weeks preceding his ankle injury. It's abundantly obvious now that he was physically incapable of swinging a bat with any oomph during those first 30 games of the season.
Due to a lack of OF depth, Cam was rushed into an everyday starter role despite having ~30 games as a professional and never playing anything even remotely close to 162 game season.
Christian Walker led the team in HR and RBI despite waiting until the the final series of the season before registering a positive WAR (0.1). Yainer was our 3rd highest run producer despite becoming the worst pitch-chaser in MLB and seeing his OPS drop below .700.
Over 700 AB's went to has-beens and never-weres (Hummel, Rodgers, Trammell, Chas...etc) or guys not ready for the show (Brice, Melton). Of the few fill-ins that performed above replacement level, one didn't make it past May before season-ending injury (Dezenzo) and one didn't even appear until Game 148 (Cole).
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That's somehow the condensed version. I've got more!