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Message: [QUOTE="Pgh2Storrs, post: 3977555, member: 8306"] In theory they should’ve been able to sustain the success but the innovations that helped us from 13-15 became our undoing afterward. Forcing guys like Cole, Morton, and Glasnow to “pitch to contact and play defense” was just galaxy brain stupid and wasted the best chance we had at maintaining success. Cutch is a good dude, although “public Cutch” vs. the guy when cameras aren’t rolling are vastly different, but his production fell way off and the anger over his contract took a toll on his attitude/performance. It was just a very sad time to see them get so close but be undone by pitchers who were at the height of their game (Wainwright in 13, Bumgarner in 14, Arrieta in 15) and then spend 4 years shooting themselves in the foot before realizing it was time to rebuild. [/QUOTE]