How is what has happened the past few years different than the years from 2009-2011 when Rizzo became GM and built what led up to a very successful run from 2012-2019? You can complain about what led to a depleted system and need to rebuild, but I can’t fathom how anyone who understands baseball whatsoever doesn’t see that the past few years were exactly what you have to do at the point we were at.
Are you kidding me? The farm is nowhere near where it should be for all this losing, nor are the trade hauls outside of the Soto deal. Dylan Crews and his 9 HRs aren't going to suddenly change the direction of this team, whose offense is 30 points of OPS worse than it was last year, never mind when they were winning.
As a 49er fan, I witnessed serious dysfunction there 8-9 years ago in the Tomsula/Kelly era, with owner Jed York famously saying "we don't fire owners". The fanbase viewed the team as cooked until they proved otherwise, no amount of PR or draft pick hype would change that. Perceptions only reversed when John Lynch made great draft picks with George Kittle and Fred Warner in later rounds, and they actually performed. He also admitted to a mistake with Trey Lance without being defensive which Rizzo would never do in spite of his awful first round draft picks. Contrast that to DC, where when I lived there, the fanbase would get excited about Steve Spurrier, Deion, Albert Haynesworth, Joe Gibbs 2, RG3, and whatever else offseason hype Snyder could generate. All BEFORE anyone actually did their job. The way some people are willing to celebrate unproven prospects who are only getting modest results in the minors, and regurgitating Rizzo's nonsense that the only way to win is to lose for 5+ years, continues to make me believe that DC fans can be won over with promises and PR, without anyone actually producing.
