Quote Originally Posted by douglasm View Post
Maybe, but it's easier to change a manager than it is the whole team. I don't know if changing the manager is as important as changing upper management. The manager can only work with the material he has, it's up to the upper management to give him some talent to work with.
No doubt problems with the 'pen and that is on Dombrowski.

As far as starting pitching, free agency can make good management look bad if it is about who has the most money. Scherzer followed the dollar signs. Price apparently wants to be with a warm weather NL team [[certainly doesn't sound like Detroit). Not much Dombrowski could have done. Baseball [[football, basketball, etc.) are what they are...