Rizzo doesn't have the creativity, ability to adjust, or skill to work with a low budget. He also can't draft and develop. He just brings in scratch off ticket players he hopes he can trade for something and that strategy has failed miserably. Meanwhile, there aren't many reinforcements on the farm.
At least Tampa Bay has a process for dealing with a low budget. This team does not, just PR covers about "reboots" and "rebuilds" that very few are buying into now, and never should have fell for in the first place.
Uh, our roster this year consists of mostly starters that we've either developed, or traded for as long term pieces: Ruiz, Lowe, Garcia, Abrams, Crews, Young, Wood, Irvin, Parker, Gore, and Ferrar.
To those we've added some crappy pieces including DeJong (who at least has played well on defense) & Bell and some whom the jury is still out on (Williams, Soroka). We also added back Finnegan who has been stellar.
The black hole has been the rest of the bullpen though we've got 3 members currently on the IL (Law, Ribalta, and Brzykcy)
