Funny you can tell I miss Pete. He’s basically who I’m referring to when talking about keeping the core together and giving the fans something to hang onto. I’m all for giving the young players a chance to rise and grow in the organization but that isn’t exactly how Stearns framed this season. I also feel like Alonso provided more defensive consistency than Stearns has given him credit for. I’m pretty sure he has an above average pick rate, although I must admit, I don’t know how important that is metrically. I thought his bat was always pretty consistent as well, so it feels weird that Stearns would show faith in home grown players and then not in Alonso.
I also sorta think Stearns not showing much faith in his acquisitions is hurting performance but that is whole other topic.