O/T - Juan Soto - 15 years/$765M with the Mets

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Fun fact: a team can improve and underperform at the same time.

And what then would be your objective measure for "underperformance"?

Originally Posted by Tabe

Also, winning 99 and then blowing a 3-1 lead is underperforming.

Fun fact. When two baseball teams play, one has to lose. And that's even when they're not two relatively evenly matched teams playing in the ALCS.

Originally Posted by Tabe

And it's not like his Braves teams had a rep for overachieving.

Like I say, it's tough to measure overachievement vs. underachievement. All that can be said is that Bobby Cox took over as the manager of the Atlanta Braves after they compiled a miserable 63-97 record and finished dead last in the National League in 1989. Under his management the Braves then compiled an enviable fourteen divisional championships plus a second place finish in the 1991-2005 period.

Look, are you just a Bobby Cox or an Atlanta Braves hater? If so, take it somewhere else. I haven't liked the Braves since they moved from Milwaukee and I'm therefore not inclined to defend them. Moreover I don't have the patience to deal with silliness.