To follow up on my post a little while back here are Vancouver's final pre and post trade deadline records. Truly this was a crazy miscalculation by the management staff and heads will roll. An all-time trade deadline apocalypse and a brutal choke job by the players. Reminder, Vancouver didn't subtract anything it was using for this season at the deadline and added Gausman, Diaz, Belt, and Fairbanks. By Fangraphs that's a cumulative addition of 10 WAR based on their 2022 numbers.
Pre Deadline: 56-37 (.602 winning %, 98 win pace)
Post Deadline: 28-41 (.405 winning %, 66 win pace)
The Caps literally became as bad post deadline as they were good pre deadline. What a crazy season.
Agreed, I wonder about Hal's peverse sense of humor. Homestead waves the white flag and trades Max, Belt and Benitendi. Month of July 11-16, seems right. Rest of season Hom goes 26-13 with a 10+ game win streak. Usage and opponent did help, but I finished the season with 22 eligible player starting Kluber and Cole Irvin. I think the correct way to win in HALs eyes is to trade AWAY your parts not add them... I think the track record over the years is clear!